Program Requirements
The M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis – Dietetics Credentialing focuses on nutrition and food, leadership, communication skills, management skills and critical thinking. The program includes 40 weeks of internship or professional practice (stage). This program is accredited by the Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice (PDEP), and recognized in Québec by the Ordre des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec (ODNQ), and meets all the standards and requirements of this professional order.
Required Courses (77 credits)
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IPEA 500 Roles in Interprofessional Teams
Overview
IPEA : A half day workshop, including preparatory work, that introduces interprofessional education, interprofessional practice, and the roles of the different healthcare professionals that make up an interprofessional team.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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IPEA 501 Communication in Interprofessional Teams
Overview
IPEA : A half day workshop, including preparatory work, introducing effective communication and interactions in interprofessional teams.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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IPEA 502 Patient-Centred Care in Action
Overview
IPEA : A half day activity, including preparatory work, introducing students to a simulated patient/family centred care scenario in which they will be working in interprofessional teams to develop a plan of care.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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IPEA 503 Managing Interprofessional Conflict
Overview
IPEA : Reflection on sources of conflict and strategies to manage conflict. Using conflict productively for team building and innovative approaches for resolving conflict within the interprofessional health care team.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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NUTR 503 Nutrition and Exercise (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Interaction of exercise physiology with nutrient and energy metabolism in healthy adults. Principles of physical training and role of physical activity and exercise in weight management and food intake regulation. Importance of physical activity in childhood, during pregnancy, in healthy adults and in improving functional capacity in the elderly.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues; Andersen, Ross (Winter)
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NUTR 505 Public Health Nutrition (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : This course focuses on the nutrition status of populations, communities and groups of people using a public health lens. It identifies and assesses human nutrition issues and problems, their causes, influencing factors and social conditions using a social determinants of health framework. Offers opportunities to design and conduct needs assessments, design and plan programs and plan for their evaluation. The purpose and role of participatory approaches with diverse populations and Indigenous populations in particular will be analyzed. Health systems, public health and political influence in Canada, as related to nutrition will be addressed.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Delormier, Treena (Fall)
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NUTR 511 Nutrition and Behaviour (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : This course will integrate biological, social and psychological determinants of eating and food choices in both health and disease. Topics will include behavioural theories relevant to eating and food choice, neurobiology of appetite regulation, mental health, obesity, chronic disease and effectiveness of behaviour-change intervention strategies.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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NUTR 545 Clinical Nutrition 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Pathophysiology and clinical nutrition intervention for various medical conditions. Topics include gastrointestinal disorders, surgery and nutrition support.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Gillis, Chelsia (Fall)
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NUTR 546 Clinical Nutrition 3 (4 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Clinical nutrition for diabetes, renal disease, eating disorders and other disorders in both adult and pediatric populations.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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NUTR 551 Analysis of Nutrition Data (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Practical application of theoretical concepts in data analysis covering issues of study design, data collection, database organization, and statistical analysis using SPSS statistical software. Applications of statistical tests, reporting and interpretation of results, and data visualization.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Nielsen, Daiva (Fall)
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NUTR 603 Credentialing in Dietetics (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Theoretical and practical integration of knowledge and skills required during graduate professional practice. Includes clinical assessment and nutritional monitoring techniques, analysis of interviewing and counseling situations, and application of management information systems and quality assurance procedures.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Hendrickson, Mary (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Not open to students who have taken NUTR 513.
Open to students in the Master of Science(Applied) [M.Sc.(A.)] Human Nutrition (Non-Thesis): Dietetics Credentialing and the Graduate Diploma (Gr. Dip.) Registered Dietitian Credentialing.
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NUTR 606 Human Nutrition Research Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Methods in molecular biology and biochemistry and molecular techniques in nutrient metabolism, gene analysis, and metabolomics, experimental models for the human gut and metabolic diseases. Formation and criticism of designs for research, sampling techniques, measurement and analysis issues and human research ethics.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Marquis, Grace; Koski, Kristine G; Melgar-Quiñonez, Hugo (Winter)
Winter
One 3-hour lecture
Prerequisites: A course in nutrition across the lifespan at the intermediate undergraduate level such as NUTR 337, and a course in statistics at the graduate level, or permission of the instructor.
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NUTR 607 Counselling in Professional
Practice
(3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Techniques and strategies to enhance interpersonal skills for the health care environment. Topics include ethics, leadership and interprofessional teamwork. Hands-on practice in the dietitian's role as nutrition communicator, interviewer, counsellor, educator, motivator and behavioural change facilitator. Principles and practices essential to participating in entry-level dietetics.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Routhier, Joane; Phillips, Sandy (Winter)
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NUTR 611 Graduate Professional Practice 1 (2 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : A case-based Stage preparation course, including activities at the McGill Simulation Centre to assess basic proficiency in nutritional assessment; nutrition care planning, implementation, and evaluation; professional practice skills; and medical records management. Students will complete nutrition care in simulated situations for specific nutrition-related conditions, along with completing a comprehensive written evaluation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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NUTR 612 Graduate Professional Practice 2 Management (8 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Assessment, planning, implementation, communication and evaluation in management of Food and Nutrition Systems. Focus is on application of management theory in dietetic practice.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues (Fall) Plourde, Hugues (Winter)
Restriction: Limited to students registered in the Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing, and Master of Science, Applied (M.Sc.A.) Human Nutrition (Non-Thesis): Dietetics Credentialing.
The course NUTR 612 includes a $125.00 fee for the working manual. The fee is essentially for printing costs and for the purchase of copyrighted material used in the preparation of the package. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
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NUTR 613 Graduate Professional Practice 3 Clinical Nutrition (7 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Initial rotation(s) in clinical nutrition. Assessment, planning, implementation, communication and evaluation of clinical nutrition care. Focus is on application of medical nutritional therapy for individuals and groups with a variety of disease states.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues (Fall) Plourde, Hugues (Winter)
Restriction: Only open to students in the M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing or Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing.
Not open to students who have taken NUTR 613, NUTR 613D1/D2, or NUTR 613N1/N2 prior to 201909
The course NUTR 613 includes a $128.75 fee for the working manual. The fee is essentially for printing costs and for the purchase of copyrighted material used in the preparation of the package. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
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NUTR 614 Graduate Professional Practice 4 Community Nutrition (8 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Assessment, planning, implementation, communication, and evaluation of public health and community nutrition programs for a variety of individuals and population groups. Focus is on intervention strategies and their evaluation.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues (Fall) Plourde, Hugues (Winter)
Restriction: Only open to students registered in the Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing, and M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; NonThesis - Dietetics Credentialing.
The course NUTR 614 includes a $128.75 fee for the working manual. The fee is essentially for printing costs and for the purchase of copyrighted material used in the preparation of the package. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
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NUTR 615 Graduate Professional Practice 5 Clinical Nutrition (7 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Final rotation(s) in clinical nutrition. Assessment, planning, implementation, communication and evaluation of clinical nutrition care. Focus is on application of medical nutritional therapy for individuals and groups with a variety of disease states.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues (Fall)
Restriction: Only open to students in the M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing or the Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing.
Not open to students who have taken NUTR 613, NUTR 613D1/D2, or NUTR 613N1/N2 prior to 201909.
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NUTR 618 Dietetics Professional Practice (1 credit)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Introduction to the dietetics profession including ethics; provincial regulation; competencies and domains of practice; and dietetic practice in the hospital environment. Introductory activities related to food, food industry, agriculture, public health nutrition and clinical nutrition.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Phillips, Sandy (Fall)
Corequisite: IPEA 500
Restriction: Only open to students in Master of Science, Applied (M.Sc.A.) Human Nutrition (Non-Thesis): Dietetics Credentialing
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NUTR 625 Emerging Issues for Nutritionists (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Emerging issues in nutrition and dietetics relevant to professional practice. Emphasis on research and writing updates for professional practice documents. Effective oral communication skills with other allied health professionals, as well as the general public. A focus on online communication, evaluating and promoting accurate nutrition science appropriate for diverse target groups. Skills associated with professional leadership roles.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kasvis, Popi (Fall)
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NUTR 629 Professional Dietetics Project (6 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : A team project (3 or 4 students). Interventions and outcomes, or development and evaluation of tools and resources for dietetics practice, in a clinical or community nutrition setting, with individuals or groups as the target population. The project findings will be disseminated through a final report and a presentation to health professionals.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Plourde, Hugues (Fall) Plourde, Hugues (Winter)
Prerequisite: NUTR628
Restrictions: Only open to students in the M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing program.
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NUTR 651 M.Sc. (Applied) Literature Review (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Review of literature and definition of problem/objective for the project or practicum.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: NUTR 606, NUTR 695 Can also be taken as corequisites.
Restriction: Only open to students registered in M.Sc. (Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing, M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Practicum, M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Project.
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NUTR 660 M.Sc.(Applied) Final
Presentation (1 credit)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Final oral presentation of the project or practicum.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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NUTR 695 Human Nutrition Research Orientation (1 credit)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Orientation to graduate studies in nutrition including research ethics and safety training, library and literature search skills.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Marquis, Grace (Fall)
Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in Human Nutrition only.
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NUTR 696 Human Nutrition Seminar (1 credit)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Students will present a recent original research article in which the methods and data presentation will be critically analyzed. The article must be approved by the instructor.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Koski, Kristine G (Fall)
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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AEMA 610 Statistical Methods 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics (Agric&Envir Sci) : Principles of linear models, multiple regression equations and classification models. Introduction to Analysis of Variance and common statistical designs used in agricultural and environmental sciences. Emphasis on balanced and unbalanced designs and data structures; their analysis and tests of statistical significance.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Cue, Roger (Fall)
3 lectures and one 2-hour lab
Prerequisite: AEMA 310 or equivalent
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ANSC 560 Biology of Lactation (3 credits)
Overview
Animal Science : An interdisciplinary approach to the study of mammary development, the onset of lactation and its cessation, comparing the differences in mammalian species in mammary development from embryological, pre- and post-pubertal and pre- and post-partum aspects. Lactation at the cellular and biochemical levels.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Burgos, Sergio (Fall)
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EDKP 654 Sport Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Kinesiology&Physical Education : The psychological factors and personality characteristics that influence diverse aspects of sport and physical activity. Seminars focus on discussions/presentations of theory, psychometrics and application of psychological principles to behaviour in sport.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Bloom, Gordon (Winter)
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EDPC 501 Facilitating Relationships
(3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Components of effective interpersonal relationships and how to facilitate them in a variety of contexts.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Wendt, Dennis (Fall)
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EDPC 504 Communication and Critical
Conflict Resolution
(3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling) : Applying a social justice framework this course will give students the opportunity to develop the critical communication skills necessary when addressing difficult dialogues and conflict.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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EDPE 502 Theories of Human Development (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Life course developmental theories to form a foundation for policy and for empirical and applied work with diverse groups, including disability and other equity-seeking groups.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Luk, Gigi; Burack, Jacob A (Fall)
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EPIB 507 Biostats for Health Sciences (3 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Restriction: Restricted to students registered in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Human Nutrition, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.
Due to the intensive nature of this course during the summer session, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day. The standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines apply for sections of this course offered during the Fall or Winter semesters.
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FDSC 537 Nutraceutical Chemistry (3 credits)
Overview
Food Science : The origin, classification, mechanism of action and chemical properties of potential and established nutraceutical compounds and their applications in functional foods.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Yaylayan, Varoujan (Fall)
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FDSC 538 Food Science in Perspective (3 credits)
Overview
Food Science : Food industry, food properties, nutritive aspects, quality factors, and key preservation processes, with self-study linking these elements directly to specific commodities and product groups, their characteristics, chemistry and distinct manufacturing processes.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall
Restriction: Not open to students with an undergraduate degree in Food Science or currently majoring in Food Science. Open to U3 students and above.
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FDSC 545 Advances in Food Microbiology (3 credits)
Overview
Food Science : An advanced level food microbiology course providing a perspective on advanced topics in food microbiology (microbial biofilms, antimicrobial resistance, bacterial endospores) and describing the fundamental principles of advanced techniques in food microbiology (microbiological, biochemical, immunological, genetics methods).
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Ronholm, Jennifer (Winter)
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NUTR 501 Nutrition in the Majority World (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Current nutrition-related issues in the Majority World, emphasizing young children and other vulnerable groups. The integration of a life science and social science perspective. The multiple causes, consequences, policies, and interventions related to current nutrition.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Marquis, Grace (Fall)
Fall
One 3-hr lecture
Prerequisite: A course in nutrition across the lifespan at the intermediate undergraduate level such as NUTR 337, or permission of the instructor.
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NUTR 502 Independent Study 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : An individualized course to allow students to undertake projects in library, laboratory, or field study.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Summer 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
An approved course outline must be on file in the School's office prior to registration.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and Director of the School
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NUTR 506 Qualitative Methods in Nutrition (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Perspectives in study design, methods, and analysis. The application of qualitative research for developing, implementing, and evaluating community nutrition programs. Critiquing qualitative research articles and proposals for cultural safety and scientific rigour.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: NUTR 551
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NUTR 507 Advanced Nutritional Biochemistry (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Specialized advanced topics in human nutrition, biochemistry and metabolism, including the dietary absorption and metabolism of iron, copper, and selenium and their role in energy metabolism, antioxidant defence, toxin elimination, and redox signaling and food source contamination, nutritional toxicology, and the negative impact these toxins have on metabolic networks and antioxidant defences.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Mailloux, Ryan (Winter)
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NUTR 512 Herbs, Foods and Phytochemicals (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Owen, Patrick (Fall)
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NUTR 520 Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : An in-depth examination of the antecedents of nutritional issues, understanding of the traditional and contemporary food systems, and nutrition-related health outcomes of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (North America). Topics include the changing patterns of food use, systems of traditional and market food, techniques and ethics of nutritional and environmental research with Indigenous peoples. Culturally safe research and health promotion approaches for addressing the nutrition and health concerns of Indigenous communities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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NUTR 537 Advanced Human Metabolism (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Advanced topics in regulation and dysregulation of metabolism integrating mechanistic pre-clinical approaches to studying human health and disease. Presentation and critical analysis of metabolic research.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Mailloux, Ryan; Wykes, Linda J; Agellon, Luis (Winter)
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NUTR 608 Special Topics 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Prescribed reading, conference, lectures, assignments and/or practical work on selected topics in student's area of specialization. An approved course outline must be on file in the School's office prior to registration.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Summer 2025
Instructors: Kubow, Stan; Plourde, Hugues (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and Director of School.
Restriction: Graduate students in Nutrition.
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NUTR 610 Pediatric and Maternal
Nutrition (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : The scientific basis for topical and controversial issues during pregnancy, lactation and pediatric nutrition. Physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of nutrient metabolism affecting maternal and pediatric health. Topics include molecular nutrition and birth defects, toxin-nutrient interactions and maldevelopment; epigenetics and metabolic programming; disrupted macro- and micronutrient metabolism and pregnancy complications; essential fatty acid metabolism and neural development; antioxidants, oxidative distress, inflammation and maternal and pediatric health.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
NUTR 337 or course in nutrition across the lifespan at the intermediate undergraduate level.
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NUTR 641 Advanced Global Food Security (3 credits)
Overview
Nutrition and Dietetics : Food security is a major concern on the international development agenda: hundreds of millions, and perhaps even billions of individuals still face food insecurity and hunger, even years after the Millennium Summit. This course is designed to provide graduate students with multidisciplinary tools in research and education required by practitioners and researchers to better assess, understand, and positively impact global food security. Students will attend the Annual McGill Global Food Security Conference, and will actively review presentations and interact with world experts from various sectors and disciplines presenting on cutting edge research and the state of Global Food Security.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Melgar-Quiñonez, Hugo (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Permission from Instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUTR 608 when topic was "Advanced Global Food Security" .
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PSYC 650 Advanced Statistics 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Miocevic, Milica (Fall)
Elective Courses (3 credits)
To be chosen, at the 500 level or higher, in consultation with the Program Director.
Compulsory Immunization
A compulsory immunization program exists at McGill which is required for Dietetics students. Students should complete their immunization upon commencing the program. Confirmation of immunization will be coordinated by the Student Wellness Hub (https://www.mcgill.ca/wellness-hub/). Certain deadlines apply.
*Advising Notes for Professional Practice (Stage):
All courses must be passed with a minimum grade of B-. The admissions CGPA of 3.5 must be maintained throughout to remain in the program. All clinical nutrition courses must be completed at McGill University within 3 years prior to commencing the Professional Practice (Stage). Students who have had extended delays and exceed this 3-year maximum will be asked to repeat these clinical nutrition courses. Registration for all Professional Practice (Stage) courses is restricted to students with a CGPA greater than or equal to 3.5. Students need to develop a working knowledge of French in order to effectively complete their Stage placements. Students are reminded that ethical conduct on Professional Practice (Stage) rotations is required. The School reserves the right to require the withdrawal of any student if at any time the student has displayed unprofessional conduct or demonstrates incompetence.
