Pre-Health Concentration
The pre-healthcare concentration in nutrition is an excellent option for students preparing for professional careers in the medical or health care field (pre-med, physician assistant, dentistry, etc.). Extensive research supports the role of diet in health and disease states. Please check with the Pre-Health office on campus regarding requirements of the programs to which you aspire, to be sure you are meeting all prerequisites while enrolled in the nutrition sciences Pre-Health option. You may petition for changes to the science course requirements if there is a discrepancy.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Requirements | ||
Minimum Requirement | (124) | |
Residence Requirement | (60) | |
Grade point average – minimum of 2.00 (“C”) overall. | ||
Basic Requirements | ||
Chapel – two semesters | 0 | |
ENG 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 |
Communication and Media Literacy | ||
Select one course from the Communication & Media Literacy Distribution List. | 3 | |
Contemporary Social Issues | ||
Select one course in PSY, SOC or ANT from the Contemporary Social Issues Distribution List. | 3 | |
Fine Arts and Performing Arts | ||
Select one course from the Fine Arts and Performing Arts Distribution List. | 2-3 | |
Foreign Languages & Cultures | ||
Select 3 hours from the Foreign Languages & Cultures Distribution List. | 3 | |
Formal Reasoning | ||
STA 1380 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
or STA 2381 | Introductory Statistical Methods | |
Research, Writing & Literature | ||
ENG 1310 & ENG 2301 | Writing and Academic Inquiry Seminars and British Literature | 6 |
or ENG 2306 | World Literature | |
Scientific Method I | ||
CHE 1301 & CHE 1101 | Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I | 4 |
Scientific Method II | ||
NUTR 2351 | Nutrition | 3 |
Lifetime Fitness | 3 | |
Major | ||
Nutrition Courses | ||
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 3388 | Introduction to Medical Nutrition Therapy | 3 |
NUTR 4351 | Life Cycle Nutrition | 3 |
Select 18 semester hours from the following: | 18 | |
World Nutrition | ||
Nutrition for Sport and Fitness | ||
Advanced Nutrition | ||
Medical Nutrition Therapy | ||
Child Development | ||
Infant and Toddler Development | ||
Middle Childhood and Adolescent Development | ||
Introduction to Standardized Patient Methodology | ||
Maternal and Infant Health | ||
Epidemiology/Vital Statistics | ||
Dying and Death Education | ||
End-of-Life Care & Bereavement | ||
U.S. Health Care System | ||
All pre-requisites must be met. | ||
Required Courses in Other Fields | ||
BIO 1302 & BIO 1102 | Introductory Microbiology and Introductory Microbiology Laboratory | 4 |
or BIO 4302 & BIO 4102 | General Microbiology and General Microbiology Lab | |
BIO 1305 | Modern Concepts of Bioscience | 3 |
BIO 1105 | Modern Concepts of Bioscience Laboratory | 1 |
BIO 1306 | Modern Concepts of Bioscience, continued | 3 |
BIO 1106 | Modern Concepts of Bioscience Laboratory | 1 |
BIO 2401 & BIO 2402 | Human Anatomy and Physiology of Motion and Innervation and Human Anatomy and Physiology of Metabolism and Processing | 3-8 |
or BIO 3322 | Human Physiology | |
CHE 1302 | Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry II | 3 |
CHE 1102 | General Chemistry Laboratory II | 1 |
CHE 1341 | Introductory Organic Biochemistry | 3 |
or CHE 3332 | Organic Chemistry II | |
CHE 1146 | Introductory Organic Biochemistry Laboratory | 1 |
or CHE 3238 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | |
CHE 3341 | Biochemistry of Nutrition | 3-6 |
or CHE 4341 & CHE 4342 | General Biochemistry and Topics in Human Biochemistry | |
MGT 3301 | Managing People in Organizations | 3 |
Please note that some BIO courses have GPA prerequisites. All prerequisites must be met. | ||
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 |
Electives (if needed to reach 124 minimum hours) | 8 | |
A grade of “C” or better is required for all courses used to complete a degree in Nutrition Sciences with a pre-health concentration. Please check requirements specific to the health field that you plan to enter. | ||
Total Hours | 124-133 |