The University of Natural Medicine provides higher education in the field of Integrative and Natural Medicine. It offers individually designed distance learning degree and diploma programs, independent study, seminars, practical and clinical training and research.

Basic Nutrition. This course covers topics such as Anatomy and Cell Physiology, Lipids, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Protein, Vitamins, Minerals, Water, Hormones, Enzymes, Immune System, Nutraceuticals, Good Labeling and the Changing American Diet as well as putting it all together to benefit your own health. Besides home study quizzes to reinforce your learning, you will receive recommended reading assignments that will further enhance your knowledge of nutrition. With this course students learn how to recognize deficiency signs and symptoms, identify good sources and available forms of nutritional supplements, and the appropriate use of vitamins and minerals for good health. The course consists of 10 credits.

Nutrition I. In terms of this course you may learn the basics of digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients in the human body and the role of vitamins, minerals and enzymes in these processes. This course is a study of micronutrients known to be essential in human metabolism and the postulated uses of these substances on a biochemical basis, their interrelationship and how excesses and deficiencies may manifest in the being. The course consists of 3 credits.

Clinical Nutrition. This course provides an intensive study of nutritional therapeutic applications in the prevention and treatment of common diseases and disorders including the physiological basis of the pathologies of the gastrointestinal, genito-urinary, respiratory, cardiovascular, skeletal, endocrine and nervous systems. In terms of this course various other nutritional deficiencies and degenerative conditions will be covered with diagnostic and evaluative repertoire. The course consists of 4 credits.

Clinical Dietetics. It is a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of various dietary regimes focusing on nutritional, spiritual and social belief systems concerning food. This course discovers vegetarianism, macrobiotics, raw food, food combining, hereditary predispositions, ecology and health fads. Furthermore, it covers specific dietary recommendations for ailments such as candidiasis, hypoglycemia, allergies, premenstrual and auto-immune deficiency syndromes. The course consists of 3 credits.

Whole Nutrition. This course provides student with a basic foundation in Clinical Nutrition - using the principles of nutrition in a practical/clinical setting. It introduces concepts which define the term "natural" as it applies to modalities of healthcare. Here, students are taught the difference between whole food concentrate supplements versus supplements which are fractionated and synthetic. The course consists of 4 credits.

Cellular Nutrition Oligo & Trace Elements. Oligo therapy works upon the cell's enzymes by introducing precise low level amounts of specific trace elements which serve to detoxify and reactivate blocked healthy enzyme processes. These trace elements restore the normal functioning capacity of the cell. This enables the body to utilize essential vitamins, minerals and other nutrients to influence the healing processes and achieve a renewed state of well-being. This course teaches practitioners how to administer precise amounts of oligo elements for various maladies. A discourse on the diatheses and symptomatology of disease is elaborated upon. The course consists of 3 credits.

Nutritional Assessment & Counseling. This basic course in nutrition succinctly reviews all the known macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, etc.), micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc.) and their clinical/nutritional significance. The course consists of 3 credits.

Tuition fees - $100 per 1 credit hour.