The minor in Nutrition provides a rigorous and flexible curriculum for students interested in various aspects of nutrition. The minor can enhance students' understanding of nutrition and broaden career opportunities for students in any discipline. Flexibility of the minor allows students to tailor the curriculum toward numerous aspects of nutrition, including sports nutrition, clinical nutrition, nutrition and health equity, community and public health nutrition, childhood nutrition, and nutrition and aging.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the structures, digestion, and metabolism of the macro- and micro-nutrients.
- Demonstrate skills related to evaluating and prescribing nutritional recommendations for individuals.
- Integrate information from nutritional sciences and apply that information to clinically relevant nutrition disorders and diseases.
- Describe their understanding of nutritional needs throughout the lifecycle and its importance to optimize human health.
Effective Fall 2023
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| BMS 300 | Principles of Human Physiology | 4 |
| or HES 300 | Physiology for Clinical Health Professions | |
| FSHN 150 | Survey of Human Nutrition | 3 |
| FSHN 350 | Human Nutrition | 3 |
| FSHN 459 | Nutrition in the Life Cycle | 3 |
| Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Food as Preventive Medicine | ||
| Nutrition Assessment | ||
| Nutrition Teaching and Counseling Techniques | ||
| Medical Nutrition Therapy | ||
| Community Nutrition | ||
| Food Systems--Impact on Health/Food Security | ||
| International Nutrition and Health | ||
| Integrative Nutrition and Metabolism | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 22 | |