This course will provide students with an in-depth study of the skills required to identify and assess population-based needs for nutrition programs and how to design, implement and evaluate programs to meet those needs.  Students will consider barriers and challenges to program implementation and evaluation as well as identify strategies to overcome them.  The course provides students with the opportunity to practice assessing and identifying needs, designing a program, developing an evaluation plan and analyzing strengths and weakness of the assessment plan.  Community, national and global examples are utilized to learn effective strategies and techniques.