Nutrition Sciences (BS)
Stan Wilfong, Undergraduate Program Director
Students in nutrition sciences are preparing for a professional career dealing with human nutrition, emphasizing disease prevention, disease management and maintaining good health by high quality nutrient intake. Students also become proficient in preparing nutritious foods for all phases of the life cycle. There are four concentrations within nutrition sciences: pre-dietetics, pre-medicine, pre-health and food management. Student membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world's largest association of food and nutrition professionals, is available to all students in the nutrition sciences major.
Students wishing to change their major to, or transfer into, Nutrition Sciences must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5.
Admission Requirements
Students who wish to change their major to Nutrition Sciences after completing course work at Baylor may do so only at the end of a full semester when grades post, with the exception of the Food Management concentration, which may be declared at any point in the semester. Students must have a cumulative GPA corresponding to the minimum requirements for each concentration:
| Program | Cumulative GPA |
|---|---|
| NUTR - Food Management Concentration | N/A - Baylor admission only |
| NUTR - Pre-Dietetics Concentration | 3.0 |
| NUTR - Pre-Health Care Concentration | 3.0 |
Transfer students must have a cumulative GPA corresponding to the minimum requirements for each concentration.
Students whose cumulative GPA falls below the minimum requirement in any semester will be placed on probation for one semester. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below the required minimum for their concentration for a second consecutive semester will be dismissed from the concentration and must select another major or may remain in Nutrition Sciences in the Food Management concentration. Students will not be permitted to re-enter a concentration once dismissed.
Students pursuing the Pre-Health Care concentration who do not successfully complete BIO 1305/BIO 1105 and BIO 1306/BIO 1106 with a C or better in two attempts will be dismissed from their concentration and must select another major or may remain in Nutrition Sciences in the Food Management concentration.
Current Nutrition Sciences students who self-select to change their major during a semester in which their cumulative GPA falls below the minimum requirement for their concentration at the end of the semester, will be considered dismissed from the Nutrition Sciences major and will not be permitted to return.
Requirements for a Major in Nutrition Sciences (BS)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Total Hours Requirement | (124) | |
| Minimum GPA - 2.0 ("C") Overall | ||
| Minimum Hours in Residence | (60) | |
| Minimum Advanced Hours (for UG: 3000- or 4000-level courses) | (36) | |
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Standard HH Core Requirements | ||
| Chapel - Two semesters | ||
| ENGL 2310 | American Literary Cultures | 3 |
| HIS 1300 | The United States in Global Perspective | 3 |
| PSC 1387 | The U.S. Constitution, Its Interpretation, and the American Political Experience | 3 |
| REL 1310 | The Christian Scriptures | 3 |
| REL 1350 | The Christian Heritage | 3 |
| Additional General Education Requirements for Major | ||
| Communication and Media Literacy | ||
| Select 3 hrs. from the following: | 3 | |
| Contemporary Social Issues | ||
| Select 3 hrs. from the following (concentration-dependent): 1 | 3 | |
| Fine Arts and Performing Arts | ||
| Select 3 hrs. from the following: | 3 | |
| Formal Reasoning | ||
| STA 1380 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| or STA 2381 | Introductory Statistical Methods | |
| Foreign Languages and Cultures | ||
| Select 3 hrs. from the following: | 3 | |
| Research, Writing, & Literature | ||
| ENG 1310 | Research Writing: Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars | 3 |
| Select one course from either of the following lists: | 3 | |
| Scientific Method I 2 | ||
| Select one of the following lecture-lab pairs (concentration-dependent): 2 | 4 | |
| Chemistry and Society | ||
| Introductory Chemistry and Introductory Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I 2 | ||
| Scientific Method II | ||
| NUTR 2351 | Nutrition | 3 |
| Lifetime Fitness | ||
| Select 3 Lifetime Fitness courses from the following: | 3 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Nutrition Courses | ||
| NUTR 3351 | Nutrition Counseling and Education | 3 |
| NUTR 4351 | Life Cycle Nutrition | 3 |
| Required Courses in Other Fields | ||
| CFS 1315 | Development of Individual and Family Relationships | 3 |
| or CFS 4356 | The Family: A Global Perspective | |
| CFS 3350 | Individual and Family Financial Management | 3 |
| Select one of the following lecture/lab pairs (concentration-dependent): 3 | 4 | |
| Introductory Microbiology and Introductory Microbiology Laboratory | ||
| General Microbiology and General Microbiology Lab 3 | ||
| Required Concentration | ||
| Choose one of the following concentrations: | 40-61 | |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| All prerequisites must be met. | ||
| Note: Additional elective hrs. to reach 124 hrs. minimum may be required. | ||
| Total Hours | 124 | |
- 1
Contemporary Social Issues: Students pursuing the Pre-Dietetics concentration MUST select either an ANT, SOC, or a PSY course from the distribution list.
- 2
Scientific Method I: Students pursuing Pre-Health and Pre-Dietetics concentrations MUST take CHE 1301 and CHE 1101.
- 3
Students pursuing Pre-Health concentration must take BIO 4302 and BIO 4102.