2017-2018 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Nutrition Science, BS
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About the Program
The Nutrition Science major provides a foundation to pursue careers that improve lives, prevent diseases, promote health, and make a difference. What you eat not only has the ability to promote health, it also influences your risk of many diseases including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and obesity. Nutrition science Majors often go on to obtain doctoral, masters, medical, physical therapy, physician assistant, dentistry etc. degrees, as well as, careers as research assistants, chemists, program managers, product developers, pharmaceutical sales representatives, and many other important roles in areas such as medicine, government, industry (food, agriculture, pharmaceutical), and non-profit. Students who Major in Nutrition Science develop a knowledge base in science and nutrition to understand and explore the relationship between what we eat and human health. Courses specific to this major emphasize the fundamentals of nutrition, the metabolism of nutrients in health and disease, and nutrition science research. For more information, please click here.
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Degree Requirements
120 Credits Required
Major Requirements (23 - 26 credits)
Other Departmental/ Program Course Requirements (73 - 84 credits)
Electives (10 - 24 credits)
University Core Requirements
Prerequisite Information:
For current pre-requisites for courses, click here.
Notes
*Satisfies a University Core Requirement
2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
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. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.
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