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5. A one-credit final project (EE95 or 96, or both
EE97 and 98; ME43 or 94; or Music 98) on an
approved topic, supervised by a participating
minor advisor.
Each student taking the minor must have a minor
faculty advisor who approves course selections and
mentors the final project. Each minor must include
at least two courses with Engineering course
designations. A list of approved courses available at
the School of the Museum of Fine Arts is available
from the program directors. For more information,
visit http://go.tufts.edu/musicengineering.
Nutrition
The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School
of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
was established in 1981, bringing together biomedical,
social and behavioral scientists to improve
the nutritional well-being of people worldwide.
The school offers Master of Science and Doctor
of Philosophy degrees, and in cooperation with the
Frances Stern Nutrition Center of the New England
Medical Center Hospital, a combined Master of
Science with Dietetic Internship program. Dualdegree
programs are offered with the School of
Medicine (M.S./Master of Public Health) and with
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
(M.S./M.A.L.D.). In addition, a one-year Master
of Arts in Humanitarian Affairs is offered in
conjunction with the Fletcher School, and a Master
of Nutrition Science and Policy degree is offered
through a blend of online learning with short
residencies.
The school’s faculty lead a wide variety of
educational, research and engagement programs in
Boston and elsewhere. The faculty includes
agronomists, biomedical scientists, economists,
geographers, physicians, veterinarians, psychologists
and others, all dedicated to teaching and research to
improve the nutritional well-being of people
worldwide. Some faculty members have their
primary appointment and maintain laboratories at
the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research
Center on Aging (HNRCA), the Sackler School or
elsewhere at Tufts, while others conduct field
research around the world.
The Friedman School is located at 150 Harrison
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111; phone
617-636-3777, fax 617-636-3600. For more
information about the school, its degree programs
and its research, visit the website
http://www.nutrition.tufts.edu.
For current course listings, visit “course information”
at http://www.nutrition.tufts.edu. Although
no undergraduate degree programs are offered, a
variety of courses are available to undergraduates.
Consent must be obtained from the instructor for
courses numbered 200 and above.
Occupational Therapy
Associate Professor Gary Bedell, Chair; Outcomes
measurement, research methods, clinical reasoning, social
participation of children and youth
Professor Sharan L. Schwartzberg, Group theory and
practice, psychosocial rehabilitation
Professor Linda Tickle-Degnen, Clinical reasoning,
evidence-based practice, research methods, and therapeutic
behavior and motivation
Assistant Professor Keren Ladin, Health care disparities,
policy and ethics, research methods
Senior Lecturer Janet Curran Brooks, Occupational
therapy practice in physical medicine, hand and upper
extremity rehabilitation
Senior Lecturer Scott Trudeau, Occupational therapy
practice in psychiatry, gerontology
Lecturer Jennifer Buxton, Assistive technology
Lecturer Paul C. Leavis, Physiology
Lecturer Jean Lyons Martens, Adult and pediatrics
Lecturer Margaret Morris, Pediatrics, clinical practice,
school-based service
Lecturer Monica Pessina, Anatomy and neuroanatomy
Lecturer Michael Roberts, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator;
Management, fieldwork education
Lecturer Stephen N. Sarikas, Anatomy
Lecturer Sarah Everhart Skeels, Health promotion/disease
prevention and disability
Lecturer Elizabeth Ratcliff Whitney, Neuroanatomy
The Boston School of Occupational Therapy, the
first of its kind in the country, was founded in 1918
at the request of the surgeon general of the United
States Army to meet the need for personnel in
military hospitals. It was later reorganized on a
civilian basis and in 1921 was incorporated as a
nonprofit educational institution under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In 1945 the Boston School of Occupational
Therapy became affiliated with Tufts University
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