Master of Science in Community Nutrition

 

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY NUTRITION

COURSE UNITS

 

First Year – Semester I

CODE UNIT NAME NO. OF HRS NO. OF UNITS
SCN 511 Concepts and Planning in Health and Development 108 6
i Theory and practice of partnership practice 18 1
ii Concepts and trend in Health and Development 18 1
iii Primary Health Care/Community Based Health Care 18 1
iv Critical reading and Scientific Writing 18 1
v Health Policy Analysis and Development 18 1
vi Health Planning 18 1
Total  hours 108 6
SCN 512 Management, Enterprise, Economics and Institutional Development in Health 90 5
i Institutional development and management 18 1
ii District Health Systems 18 1
iii Health Economics 18 1
iv Human Resource Management 18 1
v Financial Resource Management 18 1
Total  hours 90 5
SCN 513 Measurements I (Demography and Epidemiology) 82 2
i Demography and population studies 32 1
ii Principles of epidemiology 50 1
Total  hours 82 2
SCN 514 Measurements II(Biostatistics and Computing Essentials) 100 2
i Biostatistics 50 1
ii Computing Essentials 50 1
iv Total  hours 100 2

First Year – Semester II

CODE UNIT NAME NO. OF HRS NO. OF UNITS
SCN 521 Building Healthy Healing Communities 78 4
i Curriculum development and Community Based Education 24 1
ii Community Based Counselling 18 1
iii Building Healing Communities, Peace building and Negotiation 18 1
iv Social Mobilization, Advocacy  and Communication in Health and Development 18 1
Total hours 78 4
SCN 522 Basic Research 114 4
i Basic Research 32 1
ii Literature Review and Scientific Writing 18 1
iii Qualitative Research Methods 32 1
iv Quantitative Research Methods 32 1
Total hours 114 4
SCN 523 Community Nutrition and Care Process 88 4
i Advanced Human Nutrition 24 1
ii Community Nutrition 18 1
iii Assessment of Community Nutrition  Status 28 1
iv Advanced application of nutrition care process 18 1
Total hours 88 4
SCN 524 Nutrition and Human Development 72 4
i Maternal and Infant Nutrition 16 1
ii Sports Nutrition 16 1
iii Policy in Food and Nutrition 16 1
iv Contemporary issues in Nutrition and Health 16 1
Total hours 72 4

Second Year – Semester I (Two Electives & Research Methods)

CODE UNIT NAME NO. OF HRS NO. OF UNITS
SCN 511 Advanced Research 60 1
SCN 612 Nutrition care in emergencies 135 1
SCN 613 Information systems in nutrition care 135 1
SCN 614 Nutrition Epidemiology 135 1
SCN 615 Nutrition Anthropology 135 1
SCN 616 Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS 135 1
SCN 617 Neonatal and Infant Nutrition 135 1
Total hours 330 7

Second Year – Semester II (Field Research & Thesis/Project Writing)

CODE UNIT NAME NO. OF HRS NO. OF UNITS
SCN 711 Thesis Dissertation 135 1
SCN 711 Project Dissertation 135 1