Nutritional Science

Minor

Hours	16 Credit Hours
MAP	Major Academic Plan

Program Requirements

Many of these courses have prerequisites. Most students choosing this minor will have completed the prerequisites as part of their major. Other students will need to complete them.

requirement 1 Complete 2 courses

NDFS 100 - Essentials of Human Nutrition 3.0

NDFS 200 - Nutrient Metabolism 3.0

requirement 2 Complete 10.0 hours from the following course(s)

After consulting with a faculty advisor,

NDFS 201 - Society, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease 2.0

NDFS 305 - Nutritional Implications of Disease 4.0

NDFS 310 - Nutrition and Metabolism in Sports and Exercise 3.0

NDFS 333 - Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics 3.0

NDFS 380 - International Nutrition 3.0

NDFS 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v

You may take up to 1 credit hour.

NDFS 400 - Community Nutrition 3.0

NDFS 410 - Human Obesity 3.0

NDFS 424 - Nutrition Through the Life Cycle 2.0

NDFS 434 - Nutritional Bio-organic Chemistry 4.0

NDFS 435 - Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism 4.0

NDFS 494R - Undergraduate Research in Nutrition, Dietetics, or Food Science 3.0v

You may take up to 1 credit hour.

Program Outcomes:

Nutritional Science Fundamentals

Identify the chemical structure of nutrients, their food sources, functions, and the scientific basis for nutrition requirements and dietary recommendations. Describe the processes of digestion, absorption, transport, and metabolism and the metabolic consequences of nutrient deficiencies, interactions, imbalances and toxicities.

Diet in Health and Disease

Explain the role of dietary choices and interventions for optimizing health and preventing or ameliorating chronic disease and malnutrition.

Nutritional Assessment

Assess nutritional status of individuals.

Research

Search, interpret, and summarize peer-reviewed scientific literature. Evaluate nutritional claims for accuracy.