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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) IN HUMAN NUTRITION

Required and Elective Courses, 2022-2023

Required and Elective Courses

All students in the PhD in the Human Nutrition Program must take the required courses listed below. All required courses must be taken for a letter grade except for courses only offered for pass/fail grading. Below you'll find the lists of required and elective courses.

Required Courses 2022-23
Course No. Course Title Term Credits 
Nutrition and Health
222.641 Principles of Human Nutrition in Public Health 1 4
222.657 Food and Nutrition Policy 1 2
222.655 Nutrition and Life Stages  3 3
222.654 Food, Culture, and Nutrition 4 4
Biochemistry and Metabolism
260.600 Intro to Biomedical Sciences  S 4
222.644 Cellular Biochemistry of Nutrients  2 3
222.651 Nutrients in Biological Systems 3 2
Research Methodology: Biostatistics (choose one of the following series for a total of 16 credits)

140.621

140.622

140.623

140.624

Statistical Methods in Public Health I

Statistical Methods in Public Health II

Statistical Methods in Public Health III

Statistical Methods in Public Health IV

1

2

3

4

 

4

each

 

140.651

140.652

140.653

140.654

Methods in Biostatistics I

Methods in Biostatistics II

Methods in Biostatistics III

Methods in Biostatistics IV

1

2

3

4

 

4

each

Research Methods: Epidemiology (choose one of the following series)

340.721

340.722

Epidemiological Inference in Public Health I

Epidemiological Inference in Public Health II

1

2

5

5

340.751

340.752

340.753

Epidemiologic Methods I

Epidemiologic Methods II

Epidemiologic Methods III

1

2

3

 

5 each

Research Methods
222.861

Doctoral Seminar in Proposal Development (taken terms 3&4 of Year 1 and terms 1&2 of Year 2)

1-4 1 each
222.840 Special Studies in Human Nutrition 1-4 2-6
222.642 Assessment of Nutritional Status 2 3
222.647 Nutrition Epidemiology  3 3
Professional Skills
220.600 International Travel Preparation, Safety, & Wellness 2,3,4 1
222.658 Critical Thinking in Nutrition I 1 1
220.842 Doctoral Independent Goals Analysis  1,2 1
222.860 Graduate Nutrition Seminar  1-4 1
Ethics 
550.860 Academic and Research Ethics at BSPH 1-4 0

550.600 or

306.665

Living Science Ethics Responsible Conduct of Research or

Research Ethics & Integrity: US & International Issues

1,4

3

2

3

  CITI Training    
Elective Courses 2022-23
Course No. Course Title  Term Credits 
Nutrition and Health 
221.611 Food/Nutrition and Livelihood in Humanitarian Emergencies  3 3
222.649 International Nutrition  4 3
222.661 Deigning Health Diets  4 2
222.652 Nutrition in Disease Treatment and Prevention  4 3
222.630 Nutrition, Infection, and Inflammation  4 3
700.630 Global Food Ethics  4 3
Research Methods 
313.601 Economic Evaluation I 1 3
140.641 Survival Analysis I 1 3
330.657 Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement  1 4
340.696 Spatial Analysis I: ArcGIS 1 3
224.690 Qualitative Research Theory and Methods  1,3 5
224.691 Qualitative Research Data Analysis 2,4 5
340.697 Spatial Analysis II: Spatial Data Technologies  2 2
140.658 Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Structural Methods  2 3
313.602 Economic Evaluation II 2 3
340.717 Health Survey Research Methods  2 4
313.603 Economic Evaluation III 3 3
224.692 Formative Research for Behavioral and Community Interventions  3,4 4
140.655 Analysis of Longitudinal Data 3 4
140.698 Spatial Analysis III: Spatial Statistics  3 4
223.664 Design and Conduct of Community Trials  3 4
140.699 Spatial Analysis IV: Spatial Design and Application 4 3
International Health and Disease
220.605 Doctoral Seminar in International Health I 1 3
220.606 Doctoral Seminar in International Health II 2 3
221.627 Issues in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in LMICs 2 4
223.663 Infectious Diseases and Child Survival  3 3
223.680 Global Disease Control Programs and Policies  4 4
Population, Behavior, and Health 
380.604 Life Course Perspectives on Health 1,2 4
380.611 Fundamentals of Program Evaluation  1,3 4
224.689 Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, and Community Levels  2 4
380.642 Child Health and Development  2 3
380.600 Principles of Population Change  2 4
380.623 Adolescent Health and Development  3 3
Environmental Health, Food Production, Safety, and Food Systems 
187.610 Public Health Toxicology  1,2 4
180.620 Food Systems and Public Health  2 4
182.640 Food and Water-Borne Diseases  3 3
180.601 Environmental Health  3 5
180.655 Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study in Urban Food Environments  3 4
180.606 Case Studies in Food Production  4 4
180.605 Food System Sustainability Practicum 4 3
185.600 One Health Tools to Promote & Evaluate Health & Sustainable Communities  4 3
Management Sciences 
312.603 Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management  1-4 3
Teaching 
300.750 Teaching, Learning, and Leading  3 3
Thesis Research

After students have successfully completed their oral exams, they will be required to enroll in Thesis Research courses. Students will need to register for this course in each term until their degree is completed

Course No. Course Title  Term  Credits 
222.820 Thesis Research Human Nutrition  1-4 Varies