Winter 07/Spring 08 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Winter 2007 and Spring 2008; however, some (or all) may not be offered in either term.  The courses that are offered in Spring link to the Schedule of Classes.  Classes with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Nutritional Sciences (N SC)  Department Info

N SC 120 -- Microcomputing Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Using features in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software so business, volunteer, and personal work can be completed professionally and accurately with ease. Typical structure: Interactive course taught in computer laboratory.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  1 hour lecture, 6 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  ABE 120; ABE is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 299 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 301 -- Nutrition and the Life Cycle  (3 units)
Description:  Role of nutrients in human development. Physiological bases for changes in nutrient requirements throughout the life cycle (pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence and aging).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  NATS 104.
Usually offered:  Fall, Summer.

N SC 308 -- Nutrition and Metabolism  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to nutritional sciences and the integration of the effects of nutrients and nutritional status of metabolic and physiological functions at the cellular, tissue, organ and system level in humans as related to health and disease. Designed for nutritional sciences majors and those with a background in biological and chemical sciences.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  PSIO 201 or MCB 181R; Prerequisite or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 310 -- Principles of Human Nutrition in Health and Disease  (3 units)
Description:  Application of basic nutritional principles in the selection of normal and therapeutic diets; designed for students in the health sciences.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  NATS 104.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 320 -- Food Safety  (3 units)
Description:  Significance and control of food-borne hazards in food products as influenced by harvesting, processing, manufacturing and preservation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  AN S 320; AN S is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Summer.

N SC 340 -- Introduction to Diet Therapy  (3 units)
Description:  Food composition, principles of interviewing and counseling, cultural aspects of diets, energy requirements, major diseases requiring diet therapy.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 301, N SC 308: or Concurrent registration, BIOC 460 or equivalent and 300 level PSIO course or higher.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 351L -- Food Studies Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the food study laboratory with emphasis on development of skills and observation of phenomena during food preparation. Heavy emphasis will be placed on sanitation and cleanliness. Experiments designed to complement corresponding lecture class.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, N SC 351R. Open to dietetics majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 351R -- Fundamentals of Food Science  (3 units)
Description:  Scientific principles of food production, preservation, and ingredient interactions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 358L -- Institutional Food Management Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  The Quantity Food Production Management lab provides students the hands on experience of learning and operating quantity food production equipment and the management experience of planning, purchasing, staffing and producing a menu for a lunch operation serving 100+ meals. Students will be required to meet all dress code requirements of the production facility.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 351R, N SC 351L; Concurrent registration, N SC 358R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 358R -- Institutional Food Management  (2 units)
Description:  Quantity food preparation and service, factors affecting food purchasing, storage, and inventory; menu planning for institutions, management of time and labor and use of institutional equipment, equipment selection and maintenance.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 351R; Concurrent registration, N SC 358L.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 366A -- Nutritional Anthropology  (3 units)
Description:  Biocultural approach to human nutrition. Explores factors that influence what and how we eat emphasizing an understanding of nutritional adaptations, population differences in food utilization, and nutrition problems in the contemporary world.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  ANTH 366A; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 396A -- Survey of Nutrition Careers  (1 unit)
Description:  Overview of Nutritional Science and Dietetics as a profession.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 399 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 408 -- Nutritional Biology  (3 units)
Description:  Structure and function of nutrients, digestion and metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals; energy and maintenance of cellular functions; nutritional ecology of monogastrics and ruminants; elements of gene regulation; nutritional and hormonal influences on gene expression.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); N SC 308, or AN S 334; CHEM 241B, CHEM 243B; PSIO 202, PSIO 380 or PSIO 480.
Identical to:  AN S 408.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 420 -- Nutrition Education and Counseling  (2 units)
Description:  Application of counseling & learning theories with individuals & groups in clinical & community settings. Includes discussion & experience in interviewing, counseling, dietary assessment methodology, learning activities, evaluation & documentation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 340, N SC 440, Senior Dietetics Majors ONLY!
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 1 hour lecture.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 440 -- Nutritional Assessment and Management  (4 units)
Description:  Methods and procedures in nutritional care applied in the clinical setting. Biochemical, clinical and dietary data collecting and analysis. Development of nutritional care plans to include formulations and planning for parenteral and enteral support.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, N SC 408; N SC 340; for senior dietetic majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 441 -- Therapeutic Nutrition  (4 units)
Description:  Therapeutic principles of nutrient acquisition and utilization, including modification of the diet, for selected disease and/or deficiency states; factors of importance in client/patient care, rehabilitation and education.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 408.
May be convened with:  N SC 541.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 444 -- Community Nutrition  (3 units)
Description:  This course is an in depth look at how the RD/nutritionist works in the community, by providing hands-on experience in teaching nutrition in a community setting. The course will cover areas such as determining needs for nutrition education, public policy, various nutrition programs, funding and grant writing, and communication skills needed for various audiences.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, N SC 340. N SC 301, N SC 308; proof of a negative TB skin test; for dietetic majors only.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 445 -- Assessment and Regulation of Human Body Composition  (3 units)
Description:  Laboratory and field assessment of body fat and lean tissues; morphology of fat, muscle, and bone during growth and aging exercise and dietary regulation of composition in health and chronic disease; obesity, osteoporosis, sarcopenia.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  PSIO 201, PSIO 202.
Identical to:  PSIO 445; PSIO is home department.
May be convened with:  N SC 545.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 458 -- Food Service Organization and Management  (3 units)
Description:  Organization and management of food service systems; responsibilities of management for leadership, sanitation, maintenance, and care of food service plant and its equipment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 358R, N SC358L.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 460 -- General Protein and General Metabolic Biochemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of biochemistry, including proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates and lipids and their metabolic relationships.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 181R, CHEM 241B (or equivalent). Open to non-majors only. Credit allowed for only BIOC 460 or BIOC 462A and/or BIOC 462B
Identical to:  BIOC 460; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 461 -- General Nucleic Acid Biochemistry  (2 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of nucleic acid biochemistry.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 181R; Concurrent registration, BIOC 460. Open to non-majors only. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: BIOC 461, BIOC 411 or BIOC 466.
Identical to:  BIOC 461; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 478 -- Maternal and Child Nutrition  (3 units)
Description:  This course is an analysis of nutrition issues concerned with health and disease. Biochemical, physiological and socioeconomic interactions will be evaluated as they relate to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs and research that affect women and children
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CPH 478; CPH is home department.
May be convened with:  N SC 578.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 492 -- Directed Research  (1-3 units)
Description:  Directed Research Course(practical application,on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation) The first student in N SC for the UMPIRE program will study the effects of high levels of iron on parameters of iron metabolism in motabolism in mosquito immune cells.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 495A -- Dietetic Internship Preparation  (1 unit)
Description:  The purpose of this course is to prepare senior Dietetic majors for the Dietetic Internship. Students will learn about the Dietetic Internship application process and what to expect during the supervised practice experience.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  for senior dietetic majors only,
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 499 -- Independent Study  (1-9 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 12 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 520 -- Advanced Nutritional Science  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced physiology and biochemistry of nutrients with emphasis on present knowledge and current research topics in nutritional sciences.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 460 or BIOC 462A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 541 -- Therapeutic Nutrition  (4 units)
Description:  Concepts of the physiology and biochemistry of nutrients and nutrient homeostasis in humans. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on a current topic.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 545 -- Assessment and Regulation of Human Body Composition  (3 units)
Description:  Laboratory and field assessment of body fat and lean tissues; morphology of fat, muscle, and bone during growth and aging exercise and dietary regulation of composition in health and chronic disease; obesity, osteoporosis, sarcopenia. Graduate-level requirements include an additional research project and case report.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PSIO 545; PSIO is home department.
May be convened with:  N SC 445.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 560 -- International Nutrition  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CPH 560; CPH is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 578 -- Maternal and Child Nutrition  (3 units)
Description:  This course is an analysis of nutrition issues concerned with health and disease. Biochemical, physiological and socioeconomic interactions will be evaluated as they relate to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs and research that affect women and children Graduate-level requirements include and additional research topic.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  CPH 578; CPH is home department.
May be convened with:  N SC 478.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 593 -- INTERNSHIP  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 99 times (maximum 100 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 599 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 601 -- Bioenergetics  (2 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate even-numbered years]. Energy utilization and nutrient interactions. Efficiency of energy use in body processes.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 408.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 602 -- Metabolic Integration  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate even-numbered years]. Analysis of current knowledge regarding the interactions between the intake, absorption, transport, processing, storage, catabolism and excretion of nutrients and the regulation of metabolic homeostasis in the intact organism. Emphasis areas include interrelationships between protein, carbohydrate and fat metabolism and their regulation by dietary, hormonal and genetic factors in humans.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 460 or BIOC 462A - BIOC 462B. Concurrent registration, N SC 408.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 604 -- Nutrition and Cell Signaling  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate even-numbered years]. This course will introduce Signaling Pathways and define how cells respond to external stimuli, and communicate to each other.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 462A, BIOC 462B.
Identical to:  AN S 604, PSIO 604.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 610 -- Cell Signals and Nutrition  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught Spring semester in odd-numbered years] This course teaches selected signaling pathways with an emphasis on topics important to human nutrition.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 622A -- Mineral Metabolism  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate even-numbered years]. Chemistry, metabolism and biological function of minerals; current research in mineral requirements and toxicity.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  AN S 622A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 623 -- Vitamins  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate odd-numbered years]. The course covers the roles of the recognized vitamins in human nutrition and includes chemistry and biochemistry, function, sources, deficiency diseases and the situation in relation to world needs for the vitamins. The emphasis is the understanding of vitamins in relation to health. The course will help you learn and understand the foundations of our understanding. Topics include: chemistry and nomenclature, methods of analysis, absorption, transport and storage, metabolism, functions, deficiencies, nutritional standards and guidelines for vitamin intake, and how these are used, special nutritional needs (athletics, pathologies), sources and toxicities.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  N SC 408.
Usually offered:  Fall.

N SC 628A -- Steroid & Lipoproteins: Structure, Metabolism & Funct., Relation to Hum. Disease  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate odd-numbered years]. Biochemistry and metabolism of sterols and lipoproteins in mammalian systems; regulation of the biosynthesis and catabolism of sterols and lipoproteins in health and abnormalities related to disease; and dietary regulators of sterol and lipoprotein metabolism as relted to cardiovascular disease risk and prevention.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 460 or BIOC 462A-BIOC 462B, N SC 602.
Identical to:  BIOC 628A, CBIO 628A, MCB 628A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 645 -- Nutritional Epidemiology  (3 units)
Description:  An overview of the current issues and methods in assessing nutritional status in epidemiological studies. Issues and methods used in international studies and of chronic disease nutrition will be covered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  EPID 573A. Statistics helpful.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  EPID 645; EPID is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 665 -- Analysis and Purification of Proteins  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate even-numbered years]. Principles and procedures for analyzing, purifying, and characterizing proteins and amino acids from cells or from cDNA expression systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 460, BIOC 462A.
Identical to:  AN S 665, BIOC 665.
Usually offered:  Spring.

N SC 696B -- Nutrition  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 5 times (maximum 6 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 699 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 900 -- Research  (1-4 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 909 -- Master's Report  (1-8 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 910 -- Thesis  (1-6 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

N SC 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

N SC 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
Grading:  Grade of K is awarded for this course except for the final term.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.