CLNP Course Description

CLNP 301 - ORIENTATION TO DIETETICS

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
Students will learn about the Nutritional associations around the world, educational pathways to becoming a dietitian and the role of professional development. The key to career success and the American Dietetic Association Code of Ethics to the public, profession, clients and colleagues will be explored. The students also will learn about the exchange list system for diabetes meal planning.

CLNP 302 - FOOD SCIENCES

Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
Food science is the study of the physical, biological, and chemical characteristics of food; and the concepts underlying food processing. The knowledge of Food science can be applied to the selection, processing, preservation, packaging, distribution, and use of safe food. Methods of food product development, techniques of evaluating the recipes and statistical analysis of data will be taught during the study. Laboratory experiences will emphasize classroom discussions.

CLNP 303 - PRINCIPLES OF FOOD PREPARATION

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
During the course, the students learn about various recipes and steps to develop new ones. Various physical and chemical reactions carried out in the food while processing and preserving are also dealt within the scope of the course. Utilization of universally approved databases and manuals of nutrient composition for assessing the nutritive value of a particular food will also be practiced. Students will manipulate protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber and sodium in recipes to formulate therapeutic ones.

CLNP 304 - NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 4
Course Schedule: Block System
This course is a piece of the continuum between the basic sciences (organic and biochemistry, physiology, food science) and clinical practice (medical nutrition therapy, public health nutrition). Building on student science knowledge, the physiological effects of nutrition deficiency and excess and how dietary variables work to contribute to disease development and prevention will be discussed. Macro - and Micronutrients’ mechanisms will be discussed. Later in Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), the student will learn how to counsel an individual patient on heart disease and in Community Nutrition; she will learn what public programs combat heart disease. By being able to describe why and how a nutrition treatment works, the student will be better prepared to communicate with other healthcare professionals.

CLNP 305 - NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
The Nutrition Assessment course is a one-credit hour course designed to introduce students to the anthropometric, biochemical, and dietary nutrition assessment techniques of individuals and populations. The overall goal is to develop a foundation for Clinical Dietetics, which completes the coverage of disease states encountered by dieticians. Students will learn how to integrate the use of these measurements in the design of an appropriate nutritional protocol for the patient. The student will also learn effective patient management and follow-up.

CLNP 306 - FOOD HABITS AND VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
Current Saudi food consumption pattern and its historical development are explored. Consideration of major concepts such as body image, cultural role of the food, hospitality, and religious practices related to food, beliefs and taboos related to food and health status will be discussed.

CLNP 307 - FLUIDS & ELECTROLYTES

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
This course covers the function of water in the body and variation in the fluid content in healthy individuals depending on age, sex, and amount of body fat. Hco-3, Po4-, sulphate and lactic acid and their function will be discussed. Fluid balance of solvents and solutes will be highlighted. Common electrolytes Na+, K+, Mg++, Ca++, Cl-, Hco-3, Po4-, sulphate and lactic acid and their function will be discussed. Osmosis, diffusion, active transport filtration, source of fluids for the body, fluid imbalance, fluid volume excess and electrolyte imbalance and risk factors for imbalance will be covered. The role of kidneys, cardiovascular system, lungs, adrenal glands, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, gastrointestinal tract, and nervous system in maintaining a stable state under variable conditions (Homeostatic) will be explained.

CLNP 311 - NUTRITION DURING LIFE CYCLE

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
This three-credit course offers an integrated overview of how nutritional requirements shift from preconception through older adulthood. It examines the physiological and developmental factors that shape nutrient needs at each stage of life and emphasizes the use of evidence-based approaches to develop appropriate dietary recommendations. By connecting nutrition to healthy growth, functional development, disease prevention, and successful aging, the course establishes a strong foundation for advanced study in clinical dietetics.

CLNP 312- FOOD & NUTRITION SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Block System
Food and Nutrition service management course deals with topics associated with the management of food and nutrition services. The course content covers the principles of food service systems management. Topics to be covered include menu planning, purchasing, production, distribution, service, safety, sanitation, financial management, human resources management, and functions of management. Case studies to enhance learning and develop critical thinking skills will be used.

CLNP 313- FOOD & NUTRITION SERVICE MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM

Components: Field Experience
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Semester System
This course is the Clinical Nutrition Science student’s first exposure to clinic work as developing Dietary Managers and Clinical Nutritionists. This 16-week fieldwork experience allows students to participate in all areas of food service (purchasing, production, distribution, and service) and management (human, financial, material, physical, and operational) so as to assimilate and exercise knowledge, skills, and attitudes to demonstrate competency and proficiency in a practice setting under the supervision of a field work educator.

CLNP 314 - MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY I

Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 6
Course Schedule: Block System
Medical Nutrition Therapy I introduce the concept of total nutritional care of individuals with specific disease states and emphasizes the appropriate therapeutic nutritional regimen and rationale. The course consists of six credit hours. Didactic will count as four credit hours and clinical lab will count as two credit hours.

CLNP 401 - NUTRITION COUNSELLING

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
The Nutrition Counseling course is a three-credit hour course designed to develop the appropriate attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for effectiveness as a nutrition counselor and helping professional. The overall goal is to develop a foundation for Clinical Dietetics, which completes the coverage of disease states encountered by dietitians. It is designed to develop appropriate attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for effectiveness as a nutrition counselor and allied professional.

CLNP 402 - COMMUNITY NUTRITION

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
The Community Nutrition course focuses on the promotion of good health through Nutrition and the primary prevention of nutrition-related illness in the population. This course explores past and present community and public health nutrition problems, programs, and Policies. Topics include assessing communities, developing public health programs and Interventions, principles of epidemiology, public policy making, cultural competency, nutrition education, nutrition marketing and promotion, and current public health programs and policies.

CLNP 403 - NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
This course is two-credit hour course designed to introduce students to conceptual frameworks and skills needed to understand how to evaluate relationships of nutritional states to health and chronic disease in large samples of people. There is a focus on interpreting findings of epidemiological studies and clinical trials in the scientific literature and integrating them with other knowledge in nutritional research and epidemiological research. Student will learn how to understand and critically evaluate the nutritional epidemiology literature. The students will also develop a basic knowledge to incorporate methods of assessing dietary and nutritional status of Individuals into future studies.

CLNP 404 - EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
This course focuses on the skills needed to find and understand scientific literature and integrate it with patient/client preferences and clinical expertise to make clinical recommendations and decisions to optimize nutritional outcomes.

CLNP 405- SEMINAR AND CAPSTONE

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
A capstone course requires a student to research a topic relevant to an industrial aspect of Nutritional Science, prepare a critical report and communicate that information to a peer audience.

CLNP 411 - GERIATRIC NUTRITION

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
This course is a two-credit hour course designed to focus on the unique aspects of aging that affect health and nutrition. Physiological, psychological, social, and financial changes place the elderly at risk for poor nutritional status. Complications, nutritional screening, assessment, and complexity of caring will be discussed along with appropriate interventions.

CLNP 412 - MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY II

Components: Theory, Practical
Credit Hours: 6
Course Schedule: Block System
CLNP 412 is a six-credit hour course, which emphasizes Medical Nutrition Therapy for individuals with specific disease states. Comprehensive understanding of disease processes that can occur in biological systems will allow students to understand the rationale for MNT prescribed as management and/or prevention. Writing appropriate PES statements, recommending interventions and educations, and learning how to document in a patient record will all be part of this course. An interactive approach to learning will include individual and group work, case studies, class exercises and class discussions.

CLNP 413 - ADULT WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
This course is a two-credit hour course designed to identify and apply of best practice, evidence-methods for nutritional assessment and treatment of underweight, overweight, and obesity using the nutrition care process and models.

CLNP 414 - COMMUNITY NUTRITION PRACTICUM

Components: Field Experience
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
This course is a two-credit hour course comprised of community nutrition supervised practice experiences. Students will participate in a variety of community-based nutrition programs under the supervision preceptor..

CLNP 415 - MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY III

Components: Field Experience
Credit Hours: 6
Course Schedule: Semester System
This 6 credit-hour field experience course emphasizes the nutritional assessment and total nutrition care for topics that were not covered during MNT I and MNT II. Other topics relevant to MNT II will also be addressed.

CAMS 301 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY I

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Semester System
The nature of scientific methods design and basic techniques in Research are discussed as applied to developing a statement of research question, developing a statement of research hypothesis, defining the instrument, gathering and analyzing data, interpreting the results, and drawing conclusions regarding the hypothesis. Students in each program will be assigned to one teaching staff member to guide them on how to critically review scientific published papers. With the guidance of a staff member/Principal Investigator, the students have to write a research proposal which should be submitted to the Research Centre for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.

CAMS 412- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY II

Components: Theory

Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Semester System
The CAMS 411 course will continue as CAMS 412 Research Methodology II which involves the conduct of IRB approved research proposal and research reporting and publication.bb