Human Clinical Nutrition Minor
Human Clinical Nutrition Minor
Tina Miller, MS, RDN, CDE
Program Director
Clinical Instructor
Overview/Rationale
The minor in human nutrition is designed to provide students with a background in nutrition to enhance their knowledge of healthcare principles. Students learn basic concepts of human nutrition and the relationships between nutrition, health, and disease across the lifespan. The minor offers students required coursework to apply for graduate programs in clinical nutrition or apply principles to future healthcare practice.
Program Requirements
Courses
| CH 341 | Biochemistry I | 3 |
| or | |
| CH 201 | Intro Biochemistry Clinical Nutrition | 3 |
| or | |
| CH 117 | General Organic & Biochemistry: An Overview | 3 |
| CH 119 | General Organic & Biochemistry Lab | 1 |
| HS 308 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 3 |
Elective Courses
Choose three of the following:
| HS 347 | Community Nutrition | 3 |
| or | |
| MPH 528 | Food, Nutrition & Population Health | 3 |
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| HS 313 | Food and Culture | 3 |
| or | |
| MPH 580 | Food, Nutrition and Society | 3 |
| | |
| HS 322 | Medical Nutrition Therapy I | 3 |
| HS 340 | Nutrition Through The Lifespan | 3 |
| HS 342 | Applied Nutrition | 3 |
| HS 343 | Nutrition and Aging | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 18
Nursing Students
Please choose from the following
| CH 117 | General Organic & Biochemistry: An Overview | 3 |
| CH 119 | General Organic & Biochemistry Lab | 1 |
| or | |
| CH 341 | Biochemistry I | 3 |
| CH 343 | Biochemistry Laboratory I | 1 |