Our program is a fully integrated nutrition program that stresses the relationships between diet and disease. We recognize that nutrition is an applied discipline but that it is based strongly in basic biomedical science. In addition, the student must have an undergraduate degree supporting graduate study in health science. Otherwise, qualified students not satisfying the latter condition may be admitted only after arranging with the graduate advisor for a program of study which will remove the deficiencies. Students who do not meet the admissions requirement must submit three letters of recommendation if they want to be considered for the trial program.
Health promotion is an important focus of the department.
Courses emphasizing principles of learning, motivation, behavior change, program planning and evaluation as applied to health education constitute the basis of professional preparation. The College of Public Health has the following Degree Programs available in the departmentsof Community and Family Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Management, as well as an MPH through the program in Public Health Practice. Since our graduate program is not large, students are usually in small classes. In fact, the student-faculty ratio is about one graduate faculty member for every six students. As a result, our faculty know their students as well as their subjects.