Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

and infancy through adolescence. Emphasis will beplaced on the analysis and application of dietarystandards relative to each population group andsurvey of the latest research.NHM 502 Advanced Quantity Food Production -Three semester hours. (Practicum Included.) Astudy of various quantity food system operations inrelation to food purchasing, storage, preparation andservice. Experience is gained in quantity foodpreparation and use of institutional food serviceequipment through a quantity food laboratory andpracticum assignments.NHM 503 Experimental Foods - Three semesterhours. Experimental studies of the effects ofvariation of ingredients and preparation treatmentson the quality characteristics of food.NHM 504 Breastfeeding and Human Lactation -Three semester hours. A comprehensive review ofthe theoretical background and the clinicalmanagement of breastfeeding and human lactation.NHM 505 Contemporary Problems in theHospitality Industry - Three semester hours.Consideration and analysis of relevant industryproblems and issues facing management personnelin the hospitality industries.NHM 511 - Nutrition Education ProgramPlanning and Implementation –Three semesterhours. The development and implementation ofnutrition education programs for grades K-12.Students will gain experience in developingprogram objectives, learning strategies, teachingmaterials and resource files for a nutrition educationprogram.NHM 530 Special Problems - Three semesterhours. An investigation of problems in nutrition oron issues and problems related to food and/ornutrition and family well-being.NHM 548 Workshop - Three semester hours.Topics will vary. Selected phases of food, nutritionand institutional management will be addressedfocusing on current trends and issues in the area.NHM 610 Current Trends in Food and Nutrition- Three semester hours. Critical evaluation ofresearch in food and nutrition.NHM 612 Adolescent and Geriatric Nutrition -Three semester hours. Nutritional problems ofadolescents and aging individuals, nutritionalrequirements and dietary requirements of these agegroups. The effect of nutrition on the developmentalprocesses of adolescents and the rate of biologicalaging.OFFICE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTOSM 519 Managerial Communications - Threesemester hours. This course is designed to provideMBA students a broad range of managerialcommunication fundamentals. A review of thetheory of human communications, behavioralconcepts, communication through letters andmemos, and communication about employment willbe presented. Major emphasis will be oninternational business communications, includingdemographic diversity, the communicationtechnology revolution, oral communications, thereport process and research methods, andcommunication management.PHYSICSPHY 500 Analytical Mechanics - Three semesterhours. Generalized coordinates, ignorablecoordinates, conservative fields, velocity dependentpotentials, canonical transformations, andHamiltonian mechanics. Hamilton's equations ofmotion and application to simple dynamicalsystems. Hamilton-Jacobi theory, small oscillations,Larmor precession, asymmetrical top (PrerequisitePHY 321 or equivalent)PHY 501 Concepts of Modern Physics - Threesemester hours. Basic concepts; special theory ofrelativity, wave-particle duality. The Atom: atomstructure, introduction of quantum mechanics;properties of matter; physics of molecules, the solidstate; the nucleus, the atomic nucleus, nucleartransformation, elementary particles.PHY 502 Bio-Physics - Three semester hours.Some physical forces exemplified in man, matterwaves, sound and ultrasound, electromagneticradiation and matter, radioactivity; biologicaltracers, big molecules - structure of macromoleculesand living membranes, speeds of some processes inbiological studies on nerve and muscle, the languageand concepts of control.PHY 503 Methods of Mathematical Physics -Three semester hours. Vector analysis, matrixanalysis, functions of a complex variable, calculusof residues, differential equations, special functionsof mathematical physics, Fourier series, Fourier148