College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Curriculum in Nutritional Sciences
It is important that people have the knowledge to make the right food choices when eating at home and away from home. Graduates from the Department of Nutrition and Food Science enter careers where they: 1) help develop, distribute, and market foods that people want to eat; 2) find out how foods (and nutrients) work in our bodies to promote health; and 3) teach people to choose foods (and lifestyles) to help them be healthy. The curriculum in Nutritional Sciences provides students with an opportunity to study and understand the manner in which nutrition affects human health, behavior and disease.
Nutritional Sciences includes courses which examine the clinical, psychological, biochemical, physiological, and cultural aspects of human nutrition. The University Core Curriculum and Departmental Core Curriculum provide students with a well rounded foundation in nutritional sciences. All students begin in a General Nutritional Sciences Track. Students who have successfully completed 12 hours of science courses may apply to the Molecular and Experimental Nutrition or Dietetics tracks.