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Nutrition & Dietetics Master's Degree

Master's Degree Course Information

Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy

University:
Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University logo
Course Number:
NSCI 5643
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $622 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 18, 2025 - December 12, 2025

Overview

Course Description

In this course, students learn about the role of diet in disease including diet as a factor related to prevention of disease or illness, diet as an etiologic agent in illness, and diet as a treatment for disease. The course focuses on medical nutrition therapy, which is the use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness, injury, or condition and involves two phases: 1) assessment and 2) treatment, which includes diet therapy, counseling and/or the use of specialized nutrition supplements.

Contacts

Instructor

Gena Wollenberg
Office: 405-744-6954
gena.wollenberg@okstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process
Raymond, Janice and Morrow, Kelly
Edition: 16th
ISBN: 9780323810258
Publisher: Elsevier-Health Sciences Division

The Essential Pocket Guide for Clinical Nutrition
Width, Mary and Reinhard, Tonia
Edition: 4th
ISBN: 9781284288582
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference
Pagana, Deska
Edition: 17th
ISBN: 9780323828666
Publisher: Mosby

Mosby's Drug Reference for Health Professions
Mosby
Edition: 6th
ISBN: 9780323320696
Publisher: Elsevier

Abridged Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT) Reference Manual : Standardized Terminology for the Nutrition Care Process
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Edition: 2017
ISBN: 9780880919692
Publisher: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Venes, Donald
Edition: 25th
ISBN: 9781719650670
Publisher: Davis Company, F.A.

The Aspen Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum
Lord and Mueller
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 9781889622316
Publisher: American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition

Course Access

 
Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
 
Brianna Cooper-Kordinak for Agricultural Education, Animal Science, and Grassland Management. 
Rae Ann Montgomery for Dietetics, Early Care & Education, Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Gerontology, and Merchandising. 

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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University Contact

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