This capstone course explores changes in nutrient metabolism related to biomedical, physiological, and pathophysiological alterations in disease conditions, application of the Nutritional Care Process and Model and development of medical nutrition therapy intervention. Content includes case study evaluations, nutritional therapies for disease conditions, including enteral and total parenteral nutrition, and current research in the field.
This course overviews the discipline of marketing as it relates to the hospitality and dietetics professions. Special emphasis will be placed on the analysis of the marketing environment, marketing strategies and the diversity of marketing practices used by the hospitality industry and dietetics profession. This course will provide opportunities for students to develop appropriate marketing approaches in today's increasingly competitive and complex global marketplace.
Assessment of dietary, anthropometric and biochemical parameters of nutritional status in health and disease. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours per week.
This course exposes the MBA generalist to the functional area of production in both manufacturing and service sectors. Topics include tactical decisions in production and operative relationships with corporate strategy. The course emphasizes operations planning and control.
Introduction to expert systems and artificial intelligence in the business setting. Discussions include past and current applications of expert systems in business and considerations of future application possibilities.
An introduction to the comparative analysis and business use of various data models. Topics include the theory and design of information storage and retrieval procedures in the context of business information needs.
Discussion of business decision support system concepts and the applications of these concepts in business organizations. The theoretical development of the decision support system concept is analyzed through review of important literature in this area. Emphasis is placed on the impact of technological advances which form the basis of decision support system software. Current decision support systems are studied and future likely applications considered.
To review the various topics of operations management and to survey the status of the art research in each topic area. Research methodology and research opportunities in each topic area will be identified. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
A theoretical consideration of the role of MIS in managerial decision making. Emphasis is placed on current research in MIS and interrelationships with management science and operations management.
Continuation of DIS 651 to include dynamic programming, game theory, Bayesian Decision Theory, and Monte Carlo techniques.
