Nutrition and Dietetics, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Course Requirements (101-109 credits)

An average GPA of 2.75/4.00 and minimum course grades are required for Departmental/Program Major Courses.

A grade of C or better is required for these courses except a “C-” or better is acceptable for NUTR 43700 and NUTR 43800, and there is no minimum grade requirement for NUTR 41100.

• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I ♦
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II ♦
• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology
• HTM 31100 - Procurement Management For Foodservice
• MA 15555 - Quantitative Reasoning ♦ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• NUTR 10500 - Nutrition In The 21st Century
• NUTR 10600 - Introduction To The Profession Of Dietetics
• NUTR 12500 - Food Safety Certification And Career Development
• NUTR 20500 - Food Science I ♦
• NUTR 31500 - Fundamentals Of Nutrition ♦
• NUTR 33000 - Diet Selection And Planning
• NUTR 33200 - Nutrition Counseling
• NUTR 36500 - Physiology And Nutrition During The Life Cycle
• NUTR 41100 - Dietetics Career Planning
• NUTR 42400 - Communication Techniques In Foods And Nutrition
• NUTR 43000 - Public Health Nutrition
• NUTR 43600 - Nutritional Assessment
• NUTR 43700 - Macronutrient Metabolism In Human Health And Disease
• NUTR 43800 - Micronutrient And Phytochemical Metabolism In Human Health And Disease
• NUTR 44200 - Foodservice Systems Management
• NUTR 45300 - Food Chemistry
• NUTR 48000 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
• NUTR 48100 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology
• PSY 27200 - Introduction To Industrial-Organizational Psychology
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

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• BCHM 30900 - Biochemistry Laboratory

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• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry or
• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry

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• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology ♦ or
• BIOL 30100 - Human Design: Anatomy And Physiology ♦

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• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology ♦ or
• BIOL 30200 - Human Design: Anatomy And Physiology ♦

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• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry ♦ (satisfies Science for core) or
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry ♦ (satisfies Science for core)

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• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry ♦ (satisfies Science for core) or
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry ♦ (satisfies Science for core)

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• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry ♦ or
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry ♦ and
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry

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• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
• AGEC 21700 - Economics

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core)

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• NUTR 35000 - Dietetics Practicum In Quantity Food Production or
• HTM 29101 - Quantity Food Production And Service Laboratory

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (4-6 credits)

• Human Cultures: Humanities - Credit Hours: 3.00 (PHIL 11100 recommended) (satisfies Humanities for core)
   
• Science, Technology & Society - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00 (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
   

Electives (5-15 credits)

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• A student may elect the Pass / Not-Pass grading option for elective courses only, unless an academic unit requires that a specific departmental course/s be taken Pass / Not-Pass.  Students may elect to take University Core Curriculum courses Pass / Not-Pass; however, some major Plans of Study require courses that also fulfill UCC foundational outcomes.  In such cases, students may not elect the Pass / Not-Pass option.  A maximum of 24 credits of elective courses under the Pass / Not-pass grading option can be used toward graduation requirements. For further information, students should refer to the College of Health and Human Sciences Pass / Not-Pass Policy.
• Students must earn a GPA of 2.75 and a “C” or better in all Departmental/Program Major courses except a “C-” or better is acceptable for NUTR 43700 and NUTR 43800, and there is no minimum grade requirement for NUTR 41100.
• 32 credits hours of Purdue coursework at the 30000 level or above are required for graduation.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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