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:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the structures, digestion, and metabolism of the macro- and micro-nutrients.
  2. Demonstrate skills related to evaluating and prescribing nutritional recommendations for individuals.
  3. Integrate information from nutritional sciences and apply that information to clinically relevant nutrition disorders and diseases.
  4. Describe their understanding of nutritional needs throughout the lifecycle and its importance to optimize human health.

Learn more about the Minor in Nutrition on the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition website.

Effective Fall 2025

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.

Required Courses:
BMS 300Principles of Human Physiology4
or HES 300 Physiology for Clinical Health Professions
FSHN 350Human Nutrition3
FSHN 459Nutrition in the Life Cycle3
Select a minimum of 11 credits from the following:11
BC 351
Principles of Biochemistry
BC 401
Comprehensive Biochemistry I
FSHN 115
Health Equity (GT-SS3)
FSHN 150
Introduction to Human Nutrition
FSHN 220
Intro to Nutrition for Sports and Fitness
FSHN 340
Food as Medicine
FSHN 360
Nutrition Assessment
FSHN 361
Global Nutrition
FSHN 420
Advanced Sports Nutrition (Advanced Sports Nutrition)
FSHN 428
Nutrition Teaching and Counseling Techniques
FSHN 435
Lactation Benefits and Promotion
FSHN 449
Pathophysiology of Nutrition-Related Diseases
FSHN 451
Community Nutrition
FSHN 453
Biology of Body Weight Regulation
FSHN 455
Food Systems--Impact on Health/Food Security
FSHN 470
Integrative Nutrition and Metabolism
Program Total Credits:21