MICRONUTRIENTS: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Clinical Nutrition MS or the Capstone Certificate in Clinical Nutrition Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe in detail how the intake, absorption, transport, and utilization of vitamins and minerals help maintain human health throughout the lifespan. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain and provide examples for why the dietary requirements of specific vitamins or minerals vary among individuals in the prevention and management of diseases. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate clinical case studies and make predictions about how impaired micronutrient metabolism, micronutrient deficiency, and micronutrient toxicity contributes to the development of human disease. Audience: Graduate 4. Recommend nutrition support for specific physiological and disease states based on the Nutrition Care Process as a team and as an individual in both oral and written forms. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate lifelong learning and critical thinking skills necessary for the collection, evaluation, and integration of micronutrient metabolism concepts important for clinical nutrition and patient care. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze environmental, molecular factors (e.g. genes, proteins, metabolites) and food in the development and management of disease. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe in detail how the intake, absorption, transport, and utilization of vitamins and minerals help maintain human health throughout the lifespan. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain and provide examples for why the dietary requirements of specific vitamins or minerals vary among individuals in the prevention and management of diseases. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate clinical case studies and make predictions about how impaired micronutrient metabolism, micronutrient deficiency, and micronutrient toxicity contributes to the development of human disease. Audience: Graduate 4. Recommend nutrition support for specific physiological and disease states based on the Nutrition Care Process as a team and as an individual in both oral and written forms. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate lifelong learning and critical thinking skills necessary for the collection, evaluation, and integration of micronutrient metabolism concepts important for clinical nutrition and patient care. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze environmental, molecular factors (e.g. genes, proteins, metabolites) and food in the development and management of disease. Audience: Graduate