My wife just shared some great news with me: Cornell University is offering a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate, which you can obtain completely online.
The three-course series (with each course running two weeks) is led by T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study.
The program looks really interesting. The only downside? The price: $795.
Here’s some information about the course that my wife received in an email from an Enrollment Counselor at Cornell:
Plant-based nutrition represents a forward-looking view of nutrition that Dr. Campbell developed during his more than 40 years experience in experimental research and 20 years in public policy. This course series presents a different paradigm, considering the topic of nutrition both as a science and as a component of the practice of medicine. It is an expansion of NS 200, a successful Cornell course approved by the Department of Nutritional Science and offered for 7 years. This new online series offers the best of his work as well as the latest information from leading experts in the field.
This certificate series is designed to introduce the ability of properly executed nutrition to maintain health and prevent disease. These courses would be of interest to healthcare professionals, corporate policymakers, individuals wishing to improve health, parents, teachers, and school administrators
Course topics include:
1) Nutrition Fundamentals
2) Diseases of Affluence
3) Principles in PracticesHow the Course Works:
In our 2 week long courses you will learn through watching lectures, participating in discussion boards and taking evaluations. The coursework is available to be completed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on an asynchronous platform so you do not have to be online at the same time as the instructor or other students in order to complete the coursework.
I’m strongly considering enrolling, even though I’m broke right now. I think this would be very useful information to have.
If you’re interested you can get more information on the program at eCornell.
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