Human Nutrition – Nutrition Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition
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Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2024
General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)
Bookends (2 Hours)
- Launch Seminar (1)
- Reflection Seminar (1)
Foundations (22-25 Hours)
- Writing & Information Literacy (3)
- Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
- Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
- Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
- Natural Science (4-5)
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
- Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)
Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)
Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.
- Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
- Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
- Lived Environments
- Origins & Evolution
- Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
- Sustainability
- Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
- Health & Wellbeing
- Number, Nature, Mind
College Requirement (1 Hour)
- EHE 1100 College Survey (1 Hour)
Supporting Course Requirements (21-25 Hours)
- Math Placement M or L, or MATH 1148 or higher (0-4)
- BIOLOGY 1113.01 Biological Sciences: Energy Transfer and Development (can overlap with GE Natural Science) (4)
- BIOLOGY 1114.01 Biological Sciences: Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology (4)
- CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I (5)
- CHEM 1220 General Chemistry II (5)
- PSYCH 1100 Introduction to Psychology (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
Major Requirements (42-49 Hours)
Foundational Science (24-28 Hours)
- CHEM 2510 Organic Chemistry I (4)
- CHEM 2540 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (2)
- MICRBIO 4000.xx Basic and Practical Microbiology (4)
- Choose one set of courses:
- PHYSIO 3101 Human Physiology I (3) and PHYSIO 3102 Human Physiology II (3)
- PHYSIO 3200 Human Physiology (5)
- BIOCHEM 4511 Introduction to Biological Chemistry (4)
- MOLGEN 4500.xx General Genetics (3)
Choose one course from:
- CHEM 2520 Organic Chemistry II (4)
- CHEM 2550 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (2)
- CHEM 2210 Analytical Chemistry I: Quantitative Analysis (5)
- BIOCHEM 5621 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory (4)
- ANATOMY 3300.xx Advanced Human Anatomy (5)
- MOLGEN 5601 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics Lab (3-4)
- MOLGEN 5602 Eukaryotic Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory (3-4)
Major Core (18-21 Hours)
- HUMNNTR 2295 Careers in Nutrition (1)
- HUMNNTR 2410 Science of Human Nutrition (4)
- HUMNNTR 3780H Research Methods in Nutrition (1)
- HUMNNTR 4609 Macronutrients (3)
- HUMNNTR 4610 Micronutrients and Phytochemicals (3)
- HUMNNTR 3506 Nutrition Across the Life Span (3)
- Choose one:
- HUMNNTR 4189 Professional Experience in Human Nutrition (1-3)
- HUMNNTR 3998 Undergraduate Research in Human Nutrition (1-3)
- HUMNNTR 4193 Individual Studies (1-3)
- Choose one:
- ANIMSCI 5070 Nutritional Immunology in Animal Systems (3)
- ANIMSCI 5530 Comparative Animal Nutrient Metabolism (3)
- ANIMSCI 5090 Gut Microbiology (2)
Total Hours: 89-114
Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 6-31
Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.