3 semester hours
Pre-requisites: ESPR630, ESPR635

This course is an in-depth analysis of the role of nutrition in health and human physical and athletic performance. General areas covered include the role of the six major class of nutrients in health and sport, physiologic and metabolic interrelationships, malnutrition, nutrition in growth and aging, and diet and nutrition in the prevention of disease.

Introduction
The main objective of this course is to increase the student's knowledge base relative to the interrelationships between nutrition and physical performance and between nutrition and health.  These interrelationships include the effects of nutrition upon performance and vice versa, the impact of exercise upon nutritional needs, as well as the various interactions of nutrition and exercise as related to optimal health and disease prevention. Additional objectives are to expose the student to the wide diversity of research literature and experimental research techniques relative to the nutritional aspects of sport and health.

Educational Opportunities
The general instructional mode will be a seminar format. A seminar is defined as a select group of advanced students associated for special study and original research under the guidance of a professor. Seminars are usually characterized by a greater emphasis on independent study and interactive dialogue among students and the professor. For this course, formal lectures will be limited and the majority of class time will be devoted to discussion of selected topics, using the textbook contents. You should be prepared to ask, as well as respond to, questions relative to text reading assignments. Students are expected to contribute to the discussion by citing their critiques or reviews of current research.

Students who email the instructor Monday through Thursday can ordinarily expect a response within 48 hours. Friday or weekend emails will normally be answered by 5:00pm on Monday. Students who have a true emergency should call the instructor’s office to leave a message or indicate the nature of the emergency in an email message.