— Child & Adolescent Nutrition

Prerequisites & course information

This version has ended; see updated course, below. Course Description: Relationships among nutrition, growth, and development during childhood and adolescence. Nutritional assessment for normal and high risk groups; psychological, social, and economic factors contributing to nutritional status. Nutritional needs and interventions for special groups, including obese children/adolescents, athletes, and eating disordered. Learning Activities: Lecture 5 hour(s), Term Paper. Enrollment Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the MAS program; other graduate students by consent of instructor. Grade Mode: Letter. MCN 262 — Child & Adolescent Nutrition (6 units) Course Description: Relationships among nutrition, growth, and development during childhood and adolescence. Nutritional assessment for normal and high risk groups; psychological, social, and economic factors contributing to nutritional status. Nutritional needs and interventions for special groups, including obese children/adolescents, athletes, and eating disordered. Prerequisite(s): MCN 261 ; graduate standing. Learning Activities: Lecture 5 hour(s), Term Paper. Enrollment Restriction(s): Open to graduate Maternal & Child Nutrition majors; other graduate students by consent of instructor. Grade Mode: Letter. This course version is effective from, and including: Fall Quarter 2026. Learning Activities: Lecture 5 hour(s), Term Paper. Enrollment Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the MAS program; other graduate students by consent of instructor. Grade Mode: Letter. MCN 262 — Child & Adolescent Nutrition (6 units) Course Description: Relationships among nutrition, growth, and development during childhood and adolescence. Nutritional assessment for normal and high risk groups; psychological, social, and economic factors contributing to nutritional status. Nutritional needs and interventions for special groups, including obese children/adolescents, athletes, and eating disordered. Prerequisite(s): MCN 261 ; graduate standing. Learning Activities: Lecture 5 hour(s), Term Paper. Enrollment Restriction(s): Open to graduate Maternal & Child Nutrition majors; other graduate students by consent of instructor. Grade Mode: Letter. This course version is effective from, and including: Fall Quarter 2026.