Nutrition Science, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Course Requirements (23-26 credits)

• NUTR 10500 - Nutrition In The 21st Century
• NUTR 10700 - Introduction To Nutrition Science
• NUTR 31500 - Fundamentals Of Nutrition
• NUTR 36500 - Physiology And Nutrition During The Life Cycle
• 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 49600 - Evaluation Of Nutrition Science Research

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• NUTR 39000 - Independent Undergraduate Research or
• NUTR 39700 - Directed Honors Research or
• NUTR 45300 - Food Chemistry or
• NUTR 49000 - Independent Undergraduate Research or
• NUTR 49700 - Honors Research Project (If NUTR 45300 not selected, need 3.00 credit hours of research.)

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• NUTR 49500 - Undergraduate Seminar In Foods And Nutrition or
• NUTR 42400 - Communication Techniques In Foods And Nutrition

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (75-84 credits)

• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology ♦
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology ♦
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry ♦ (satisfies Science for core)
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry ♦ (satisfies Science for core)
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry ♦
• CHM 25501 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory ♦
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry ♦
• CHM 25601 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory ♦
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology
• SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology (satisfies Human Cultures: Behavioral & Social Sciences for core)
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods (satisfies Information Literacy for core)

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• BCHM 30900 - Biochemistry Laboratory ♦ AND
• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry ♦ OR
• BCHM 56100 - General Biochemistry I ♦ and

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• BCHM 56200 - General Biochemistry II ♦

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• BIOL 13100 - Biology II: Development, Structure, And Function Of Organisms and
• BIOL 13500 - First Year Biology Laboratory and
• BIOL 23100 - Biology III: Cell Structure And Function and
• BIOL 23200 - Laboratory In Biology III: Cell Structure And Function

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• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I and
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II

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• BIOL 24100 - Biology IV: Genetics And Molecular Biology ♦ and
• BIOL 24200 - Laboratory In Biology IV: Genetics And Molecular Biology ♦

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• AGRY 32000 - Genetics ♦ and
• AGRY 32100 - Genetics Laboratory ♦

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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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• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)

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• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I and
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)

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• PHYS 22000 - General Physics ♦ and
• PHYS 22100 - General Physics ♦

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• PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I ♦ and
• PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II ♦

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• ENGL course from ENGL 20000-49999 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures: Humanities - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• Oral Communication - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• Science, Technology & Society - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00 (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)

Electives (10-22 credits)

University Core Requirements

For a complete listing of University Core Course Selectives, visit the University Senate Website.

• Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Science (BSS)
• Human Cultures: Humanities (HUM)
• Information Literacy (IL)
• Oral Communication (OC)
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
• Science #1 (SCI)
• Science #2 (SCI)
• Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
• Written Communication (WC)

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.
  
  
  
  
• 2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• 32 credits of Purdue coursework at the 30000 level or above are required for graduation.
• Biology sequence option A: BIOL 11000 and BIOL 11100   Biology sequence option B: BIOL 12100 (not required in major, counts as STS core, counts in BIOL minor); BIOL 13100+13500; BIOL 23100+23200.
  
  
  
  

World Language Courses

World Language proficiency requirements vary by program. The following list is inclusive of all world languages PWL offers for credit; for acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor.

ASL-American Sign Language	ARAB-Arabic	CHNS-Chinese	FR-French
GER-German	GREK-Greek (ancient)	HEBR-Hebrew (Biblical)	HEBR-Hebrew (modern)
ITAL-Italian	JPNS-Japanese	KOR-Korean	LATN-Latin
PTGS-Portuguese	RUSS-Russian	SPAN-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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