Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

1. Use current information technologies to locate, interpret, evaluate, and use professional literature to make ethical evidence-based practice decisions and apply evidence based guidelines and protocols.

2. Produce effective and professional oral and written communication and documentation. 

3. Demonstrate counseling techniques by applying professional guidelines to a practice scenario.

4. Develop interventions and educational sessions, based on nutritional problems to enhance wellness in diverse populations.

5. Explain the impact of public policy position, health care policy, and different health care delivery systems on dietetics practice.

6. Use the nutrition care process to make decisions, to identify nutrition-related problems, and determine and evaluate nutrition interventions, including medical nutrition therapy, disease prevention and health promotion.

7. Diagram and describe the role of macronutrient metabolism in the maintenance of health and prevention of disease.

8. Recall and diagram the role of vitamins and minerals in the maintenance of macronutrient metabolism for health and disease prevention.

Intra-University Transfers

Transfer applicants must schedule an interview with Dr. Kay Stearns Bruening, Undergraduate Program Director, to review admission requirements.

Required Courses

Communication Skills (9 credits)

• WRT 105 - WRT 105 - Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing
• WRT 205 - WRT 205 - Studio 2: Critical Research and Writing

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• CRS 225 - Public Advocacy or
• HFS 255 - Interpersonal Competence or
• CRS 325 - Presentational Speaking or
• HFS 326 - Developmental Perspectives in Medical Language or
• CRS 331 - Interpersonal Communication or
• CRS 333 - Small Group Communication or
• CRS 335 - Leadership/Stewardship Communication or
• CRS 430 - Intercultural Communication

Quantitative Skills ( 4 Credits)

• MAT 121 - Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts I or
• MAT 221 - Elementary Probability and Statistics I

Natural Science (24 Credits)

• BIO 121 - General Biology I
• BIO 123 - General Biology II
• BIO 124 - General Biology II Laboratory
• BIO 216 - Anatomy & Physiology I
• BIO 217 - Anatomy and Physiology II
• CHE 106 - General Chemistry Lecture I
• CHE 107 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
• CHE 116 - General Chemistry Lecture II
• CHE 117 - General Chemistry Laboratory II

Social Science (9 Credits)

• 6 additional credits of social science courses

• PSY 205 - Foundations of Human Behavior

Humanities 6 credits OR Foreign Language 8 credits

Note: all 8 credits of foreign language must be in one language

University Requirement

In addition to FYS 101, the BS in Nutrition requires completion of an IDEA course (chosen from a select list) - The IDEA course may count as a liberal arts, departmental course, or elective depending on the course chosen. Please see the undergraduate course catalog for a full listing of IDEA courses .

• FYS 101 - First Year Seminar

Program Requirements (56 Credits)

• NSD 114 - Food Safety and Quality Assurance
• NSD 115 - Food Science I
• NSD 216 - Food Service Operations
• NSD 225 - Nutrition in Health
• NSD 275 - Food Service Systems
• NSD 312 - Food Service Systems Management
• NSD 326 - Practice of Dietetics
• NSD 342 - Nutrition in the Life Span
• NSD 455 - Community Nutrition
• NSD 456 - Nutritional Biochemistry
• NSD 457 - Research and Evaluation in Nutrition
• NSD 466 - Nutritional Biochemistry II
• NSD 476 - Nutrition Seminar
• NSD 477 - Senior Nutrition Seminar II
• NSD 481 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
• NSD 482 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I Lab
• NSD 483 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II
• NSD 484 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II Lab
• NSD 511 - Nutrition Education
• NSD 512 - Nutrition Counseling
• Choose one of the following
• NSD 555 - Food, Culture and Environment or
• NSD 452 - Mediterranean Food and Culture: A Florence Experience

Electives to complete 124 degree applicable credits

Electives may be taken in any school or college with the University to reach the required 124 credits assuming the 62 credits in Liberal Arts and Science is fulfilled.

Degree Requirements

Degree requires a 3 credit Writing Intensive course and 3 credits of Critical Reflections.

The Writing Intensive and Critical Reflections courses may meet a Humanities, Social Science, or elective requirement. Note that some courses may satisfy both the Writing Intensive and Critical Reflections requirement. For a listing of Writing Intensive and Critical Reflection courses, please consult the Liberal Arts Core Guidebook.

Total Credits: 124

Degree Awarded: BS

Study Abroad

Given the structured nature of the Nutrition major, advance planning and working with your advisor makes it possible to study abroad for a whole semester or summer. We also offer a variety of nutrition-tailored study abroad short-term experiences.

Notes

All students who complete degree requirements will be eligible for the B.S. in Nutrition. Additional requirements must be met to receive a dietetics verification statement. Dietetic verification statement requirements are posted on the departmental website in the program handbook.