Human Nutrition - Dietetics

Bachelor of Science in Nutrition
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Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2024


General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

  • Launch Seminar (1)
  • Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

  • Writing & Information Literacy (3)
  • Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
  • Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
  • Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
  • Natural Science (4-5)
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
  • Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

  • Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
  • Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
    • Lived Environments
    • Origins & Evolution
    • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
    • Sustainability
    • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

  • EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Supporting Course Requirements (40-46 Hours)

  • Math Placement M or L, or MATH 1148 College Algebra or equivalent (0-4)
  • PSYCH 1100 Introduction to Psychology (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
  • Choose one:
    • SOCIOL 1101 Introductory Sociology (3)
    • SOCIOL 1102 Social Found. of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, & Social Class (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Div.) (3)
    • ANTHROP 1100 Introduction to Anthropology (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies) (3)
  • BIOLOGY 1113.01 Biological Sciences: Energy Transfer and Development (can overlap with GE Natural Science) (4)
  • Choose one (either can overlap with GE Math & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis):
    • STAT 1350.xx Elementary Statistics (3)
    • STAT 1450.xx Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (3)
  • CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I (5)
  • CHEM 1220 General Chemistry II (5)
  • ANATOMY 2300 Human Anatomy (4)
  • Choose one:
    • BIOPHRM 3311 Fundamentals of Medical Biochemistry I (3)
    • CHEM 2510 Organic Chemistry I (4)
  • Choose one:
    • BIOPHRM 3312 Fundamentals of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II (3)
    • BIOCHEM 4511 Introduction to Biological Chemistry (4)
  • EEOB 2520 Human Physiology (3)
  • MICRBIO 4000.xx Basic and Practical Microbiology (4)

Major Requirements (49 Hours)

Required to receive a Verification Statement for the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD):

  • 3.0 cumulative GPA
  • C- grade or higher in all Human Nutrition courses
     
  • HTHRHSC 2500 Medical Terminology for the Health Professions (3)
  • CSHSPMG 3720 Food Service Management (3)
  • CSHSPMG 3730 Food Service Management Practicum (1)
  • CSHSPMG 3700 Controlling Food, Beverage, and Labor Costs (3)
  • HUMNNTR 2295 Careers in Nutrition (1)
  • HUMNNTR 2410 Science of Human Nutrition (4)
  • HUMNNTR 2314 Fundamentals of Food (3)
  • HUMNNTR 2450 Foodservice Sanitation and Safety (1)
  • HUMNNTR 3313 Food in Different Cultures (2)
  • HUMNNTR 3415 Global Nutrition Issues (2)
  • HUMNNTR 3506 Nutrition Across the Life Span (3)
  • HUMNNTR 3704 Public Health Nutrition (2)
  • HUMNNTR 4504 Nutrition Education and Behavior Change (3)
  • HUMNNTR 4596 Dietetics Seminar (1)
  • HUMNNTR 4609 Macronutrients (3)
  • HUMNNTR 4610 Micronutrients and Phytochemicals (3)
  • HUMNNTR 5611 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3)
  • HUMNNTR 5622 Medical Nutrition Therapy I Lab (1)
  • HUMNNTR 5612 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3)
  • HUMNNTR 5623 Medical Nutrition Therapy II Lab (1)
  • MEDDIET 4900 Nutrition Assessment (3)

Total Hours: 109-135

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-11

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.

Program Degree Department Email
Bachelors Human Sciences

 

Note: Students exact curriculum may vary depending upon program of study determined by student and advisor.