NU 3305 Nutrition, Health and Sports

The aim of this course is for students to become knowledgeable about somatometry (mensuration) applied to high-performance athletes and people who exercise regularly, whether healthy individuals or patients, in order to prepare a nutritional intervention and a special dietary plan in accordance with the physical or sporting activity that they perform.

NU 3303 Diet Therapy III

Students will be able to develop skills to design dietary regimens for patients with cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, pancreatic, liver and biliary diseases in order to guide them to contribute to the recovery of overall health.

NU 3301 Diet Therapy IV

The aim of this course is for students to develop skills to design dietary regimens for surgery patients and patients with diseases of the muscoloskeletal system, pulmonary, infectious or traumatic diseases, as well as for women with high-risk pregnancies, oriented to contribute to the restablishment of overall health.

NU 3300 Public Health in Nutrition

The aim of this course is for students to: (1) Identify and assess nutritional problems of population groups. (2) Design, organize, implement, and assess nutritional programs through public and private institutions, as well as through the civil society. (3) Understand the elements that play a role in the design of food policies, health promotion programs and nutritional education campaigns or plans.

HU 1112 Introduction to Philosophy

The aim of this course is for students to discover philosophy as a specific approach to thinking and being. The ideas of the main philosophers of western history will be used, from the Greeks to the 20th century, in order to emphasize the peculiarity of philosophical thought and the areas of knowledge that have originated from philosophical questions throughout history.

NU 3221 Practicum in Populations

Students will be able to design a research project, justifying it to proceed with the design of a research protocol, applying research methodology in the field of population nutrition in order to experience first-hand the activities that a Nutritionist carries out in the workplace, making contact with the professional world and serving the local community.

NU 3210 Food Service Quality and Certification

Students will be able to apply quality and control system processes to guarantee the application of parameters and measures in the production of served food to ensure the identification, location , evaluation and control of possible food contamination risks. They will also develop, monitor and analyze menus, ensuring nutritional balance and variety.