Fall 2023 Course Information
Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy
University: |
Oklahoma State University |
Course Number: |
NSCI 5643 |
Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $600 per credit |
Start/End Dates: |
August 21, 2023 - December 15, 2023 |
Course Description
In this course, students learn about the role of diet in disease including diet as a factor related to prevention of disease or illness, diet as an etiologic agent in illness, and diet as a treatment for disease. The course focuses on medical nutrition therapy, which is the use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness, injury, or condition and involves two phases: 1) assessment and 2) treatment, which includes diet therapy, counseling and/or the use of specialized nutrition supplements.
Contacts
Instructor
Gena Wollenberg
Office: 405-744-6954
gena.wollenberg@okstate.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
TBD
Course Access
Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
Megan Janus for Agricultural Education, Animal Science, and Grassland Management.
Karla Sisco for Dietetics, Early Care & Education, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Gerontology, and Merchandising.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.