Nutrigenomics Graduate Certificate Course Descriptions
| Course | Course Description | Textbook |
|---|---|---|
| SCI602 Genomic Screening (2cr) | This course provides an overview of human genetics concepts including Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance and provides a broad overview of the goals, methods, and applications for genomics and proteomics in the life sciences. | Required: Human Genetics and Genomics, 4/e Bruce R. Korf and Mira B. Irons Wiley-Blackwell; (February 11, 2013) ISBN: 978-0-470-65447-7 Retail Price: $49.21 |
| SCI600 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2cr) | This course introduces the interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology and nanoscience (including areas of chemistry, material science, physics, and molecular biology), to of nanoscience phenomena; principles of nanoscale phenomena including synthesis and characterization of nanostructures. | Required: Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology BS Murty, P. Shankar, Baldev Raj, BB Rath and James Murday Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013 edition (August 23, 2016) ISBN: 978-3-662-50912-8 Retail Price: $159.99 |
| NUT503 Diet, Genes & Nutrition (3cr) | This course reviews to understand the relationship between food and genetics. The course explores topics including epigenetics and nutrigenetics, the human genome and the ethical issues surrounding genetic healthcare. | Required: Nutritional Genomics: The Impact of Dietary Regulation of Gene Function on Human Disease 1/e Wayne R. Bidlack (Editor), Raymond L. Rodriguez (Editor) CRC Press; (December 5, 2011) ISBN-13: 978-1439844526 Retail Price: $148.50 Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics in Functional Foods and Personalized Nutrition 1/e Lynnette R. Ferguson (Editor) CRC Press; 1 edition (August 13, 2013) ISBN-13: 978-1439876800 Retail Price: $160.00 |
| SCI605 Foodomics (3cr) | This course examines foodomics and the domains through the application of advanced omics technologies (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and nutriproteomics) to understand and improve health and well-being. Research will include the areas of metabolomics and the studies of food, food safety and green food methods; along with analysis of diet-related disease and the impact on metabolic functioning. | Required: Foodomics Edited by Alejandro Cifuentes Wiley; 1 edition (March 18, 2013) ISBN: 978-1-118-16945-2 Retail Price: $120.43 |
| NUT502 Nutrition Assessment (3cr) | This course reviews to understand the relationship between food and genetics. The course explores topics including epigenetics and nutrigenetics, the human genome and the ethical issues surrounding genetic healthcare. | Required: Nutritional Assessment, 6/e Robert D. Lee & David C. Nieman McGraw-Hill Education; (October 29, 2012) ISBN: 978-007-132636-0 Retail Price: $43.88 |
| GASTP503 Nutrigenomics and Proteomics (3cr) | This course will provide an introduction to the use of psychophysical methods in computer graphics and will teach attendees how to develop experiments that can be used to advance graphics research and applications. Throughout the course, graphics-relevant examples will be used so students will understand how to design and run their own experiments; analyze the results; and develop perceptually-based algorithms and applications. | Required: Nutrigenomics and Proteomics in Health and Disease, 2/e Martin Kussmann and Patrick J. Stover Wiley (March 21, 2017) ISBN: 978-1-119-09883-6 Retail Price: $168.01 |
| GASTP505 Food & The Senses (3cr) | Sensory analysis (or sensory evaluation) is a scientific discipline that applies principles of experimental design and statistical analysis to the use of human senses (sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing) for the purposes of evaluating consumer products. | Required: Neurogastronomy Gordon M. Shepherd Columbia University Press; Reprint edition (December 2, 2011) ISBN: 978-0-231-15911-1 Retail Price: $14.22 Making Sense of Taste Carolyn Korsmeyer Cornell University Press; 1/e. (September 16, 2002) ISBN: 978-0-8014-8813-9 Retail Price: $26.95 |
| NUT590 Medical and Professional Ethics (1cr) | This course focuses areas that require an understanding of medical ethics. Emphasis will be placed on Patient Data, Patient Records, Publications, Presentations, General Professional Conduct, Medical Malpractice, and Research. | Required: Medical Law and Ethics 6/e Bonnie F. Fremgen Pearson (September 12th 2019) – Copyright © 2020 ISBN13: 9780135414521 Retail Price: $74.66 |