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From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

New Courses:
NFS 111 Applied Management in Dietetics I. Majors only. First of a four-course sequence. Advanced management principles and concepts as they apply to health care, dietetics, and food services. Students engage in assignments that prepare them to become skilled in specific areas of dietetics practice and food service management.

NFS 211 Applied Management in Dietetics II. Prerequisite: NFS 111. Majors only. Second of a four-course sequence. Concepts and practices consistent with the practices of human resource management, financial management, safety, and infection control as they apply to health-care food service management. Student engage in assignments that prepare them to become skilled in specific areas of dietetics practice and food service management.

Course Revisions:
NFS 330 Integrative and Functional Nutrition. Prerequisites: NFS 102 or NFS 334 or equivalent and junior or senior standing or instructor permission. (1-credit course.) Introduction to integrative and functional nutrition (IFN) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Integration of healthful eating and dietary supplements that include vitamins, minerals, functional foods, phytochemicals, and nutraceuticals for disease prevention and treatment. Emphasis on the regulatory (legal, ethical, and moral) issues of dietary supplements. The goal of the course is to prepare students to have competency in IFN as a part of medical nutrition therapy.

NFS 401 Medical Nutritional Therapy I. Prerequisites: NFS 302, CHE 322, BIO 308, and BIO 309. Corequisite: NFS 445 Nutritional Care A. For students in the coordinated program in dietetics. First of a three-course sequence examining interrelationships of pathophysiology, biochemistry, genetics, and nutrition as related to medical nutritional therapy. Emphasis on the nutrition care process, general nutritional assessment, and role of nutrition in preventing and treating diseases and disorders: obesity and weight management, cardiovascular disease, drug-nutrient interactions, and disordered eating.

NFS 402 Medical Nutritional Therapy II. Prerequisite: NFS 401. Corequisite: NFS 446 Nutritional Care B. For students in the coordinated program in dietetics. Second of a three-course sequence examining the interrelationships of pathophysiology, biochemistry, genetics, and nutrition as related to medical nutritional therapy. Emphasis on the role of nutrition in preventing and treating diseases and disorders: diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia, renal, dysphagia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis.

NFS 403 Medical Nutritional Therapy III. Prerequisite: NFS 402. Corequisite: NFS 447 Nutrition Care C. For students in the coordinated program in dietetics. Third of a three-course sequence examining the interrelationships of pathophysiology, biochemistry, genetics, and nutrition as related to medical nutritional therapy (MNT). Addresses MNT for cancer, upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, exocrine pancreas, hepatobiliary, critical care pulmonary disease, metabolic stress (including sepsis, SIRS, head trauma, and burns), acid-base disorders, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and  parenteral and enteral nutrition.

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
NFS 420W Dietetics Experience. Prerequisite: NFS 403. Formalized observation and experience in a variety of health-care settings such as clinical, community, food service, and regulatory agencies; research paper and consumer education.