NUTR 511 Survey of Advanced Nutrition (2)
Tuesdays from 830-1020 in GNOM S060
Taught by Cristen Harris, Associate Teaching Professor and Core Faculty in the Nutritional Sciences Program
Dr. Harris is a dynamic instructor who uses a flipped classroom approach to teaching that encourages participation from each student and promotes collaborative learning.
Using a topic each week to offer an advanced introduction to nutritional sciences, the course ponders deep questions, such “What is an ‘optimal’ diet?” and “How do we address food safety?” They take a short journey through the life course with maternal and child nutrition; briefly explore the gut microbiome and associated food allergies, insensitivities, and intolerances; and critically analyze nutrition-related recommendations for “obesity,” cardiovascular disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancers, and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
