Nutrition Sciences
Stan Wilfong, Division Leader
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 three concentrations within nutrition sciences: pre-dietetics, 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.
Requirements for a Major in Nutrition Sciences
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A minimum of 124 semester hours, including the following: | ||
| Residence requirement - 60 hours | ||
| Grade Point Average (GPA) - minimum of 2.0 "C" overall | ||
| All prerequisites must be met. | ||
| General Education Requirements | 45-46 | |
| Health and Human Sciences BS Core | ||
| Nutrition majors must complete the specific requirements noted below to fulfill particular areas of the Robbins College core requirements. These deviations from the core are concentration-specific: | ||
| Foreign Languages and Cultures | 3 | |
| Contemporary Social Issues | 3 | |
| Formal Reasoning | 3 | |
| Elementary Statistics | ||
or STA 2381 | Introductory Statistical Methods | |
| Research, Writing, & Literature | ||
| Research Writing: Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars | ||
| British Literature | ||
or ENG 2306 | World Literature | |
| Scientific Method I | 4 | |
Select one of the following: 2 | ||
| Chemistry and Society | ||
| Introductory Chemistry and Introductory Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I | ||
| Scientific Method II | 3 | |
| Nutrition 3 | ||
| Total Hours | 61-62 | |
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NUTR 1401 | Introduction to Food Science | 4 |
| NUTR 2101 | Introduction to the Profession of Nutrition and Dietetics | 1 |
| NUTR 2380 | Intro to Food Delivery Systems | 3 |
| NUTR 3351 | Nutrition Counseling and Education | 3 |
| NUTR 4351 | Life Cycle Nutrition | 3 |
| Required Courses in Other Fields | ||
| BIO 2302 & BIO 2102 | Introductory Microbiology and Introductory Microbiology Laboratory 4 | 4 |
| MGT 3301 | Managing People in Organizations | 3 |
| HSD Core | ||
| HSD 1104 | New Student Seminar in Human Sciences and Design | 1 |
| 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 |
| Required Concentration | ||
| Choose one of the following concentrations: | 28-50 | |
| Total Hours | 56-78 | |
- 1
Contemporary Social Issues: Pre-dietetics concentration majors MUST select either an Anthropology (ANT), Sociology (SOC), or a Psychology (PSY) course from the Distribution List.
- 2
Scientific Method I: Pre-health and Pre-dietetics concentration majors MUST take CHE 1301 Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry I AND CHE 1101 General Chemistry Laboratory I.
- 3
Scientific Method II: Food Management concentration majors MUST select from ANY BIO lecture/lab courses on the HHS core distribution list to fulfill this requirement.
- 4
Pre-health concentration majors may substitute by taking: BIO 4302 General Microbiology AND BIO 4102 General Microbiology Lab.