Course Schedules


Please note that the following schedule is subject to change.

Fall 2009    (Note:  Effective Fall 2009, the HEV designator will change to FNS.) 

Registration for Fall 2009 courses will take place July 13-July 24, 2009.

FNS 661:  Macronutrients (3 credit hours)-Dr. Andrew Clark

Chat sessions for FNS 661 will be held on Monday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of August 24 through December 12, 2009.

FNS 662:  Micronutrients (3 credit hours)-Dr. Jack Logomarsino

Chat sessions for FNS 662 will be held on Thursday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of August 24 through December 12, 2009.

FNS 677:  Nutritional Epidemiology  (3 credit hours)-Dr. Robert Lee

Chat sessions for FNS 677 will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of August 24 through December 12, 2009.

FNS 797:  Global Nutrition (3 credit hours)-Dr. Zaida Cordero McIntyre

Chat sessions for FNS 797 will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of August 24 through December 12, 2009.

Spring 2010

Registration for Spring 2010 courses will take place November 30-December 11, 2009

FNS 662:  Micronutrients (3 credit hours)--Dr. Jack Logomarsino

Chat sessions for FNS 662 will be held on Thursday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010. 

FNS 672:  Advanced Clinical Nutrition (3 credit hours)-Dr. Leslie HIldebrandt

Chat sessions for HEV 672 will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010.

All students must attend the first chat session held on Monday, January 11, but may then choose to participate in eight one hour sessions on Monday and eight one hour session on Thursday throughout the course of the semester.  Attendance in a minimum number of sessions on both nights will be required.  The format for the course will be outlined in the course syllabus and described during the initial chat session. Please see links to course materials from the last semester the course was taught below. 

Course materials will be available on Blackboard two weeks prior the first week of class.  Students are required to review all course materials prior to the first day of class.

Course Links:

Syllabus - Fall 2007

Journal Club Signup - Fall 2007

Case Study Signup - Fall 2007

FNS 673:  Nutritional Assessment (3 credit hours)-Dr. Robert Lee

Chat sessions for HEV 673 will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010.  

FNS 677:  Nutritional Epidemiology  (3 credit hours)-Dr. Robert Lee

Chat sessions for FNS 677 will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010.

FNS 678:  Research Methods (3 credit hours)--Dr. Roschelle Heuberger

Chat sessions for HEV 678 will be held on Sunday afternoons from 3:00-5:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010.  

FNS 790:  Plan B Paper (3 credit hours)--Dr. Jack Logomarsino

Chat sessions for HEV 790 will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010.

FNS 797:  Maternal and Child Nutrition (3 credit hours)--Dr. Susan Ettinger

Chat sessions for HEV 797 will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time zone) beginning the week of January 11 through May 7, 2010.

Summer 2010

FNS 670:  Seminar:  Nutrition (1 credit hour)-Dr. Robert Lee

The public health significance of hypertension and obesity has drawn the focus of researchers and policy makers on the role of sodium and caloric sweeteners in the etiology of these twoconditions. This seminar will examine the scientific evidence linking sodium and hypertension and the role that caloric sweeteners play in the etiology of obesity. The seminar will also discusswhat role, if any, dietitians and other health professionals have in advocating changes in the food and nutrition environment to reduce the incidence and prevalence of hypertension and obesity.

Chat sessions for FNS 670 will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7-8:15 pm (eastern time) beginning May 19 through June 23, 2010.

FNS 671:  Advanced Topics in Nutrition:  Geriatrics (3 credit hours)--Dr. Roschelle Heuberger

Chat sessions for FNS 671 will be held on Monday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time) beginning May 17 through August 2, 2010.

FNS 677:  Nutritional Epidemiology (3 credit hour)-Dr. Robert Lee

Chat sessions for FNS 677 will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7-8:15 pm (eastern time) beginning May 18 through June 24, 2010.

FNS 678:  Research Methods in Nutrition (3 credit hours)--Dr. Roschelle Heuberger

Chat sessions for FNS 678 will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm (eastern time) beginning May 19 through August 4, 2010.