Nutrition Minor

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Tina Miller, MS, RD

Health Science Program Director

Assistant Clinical Professor

 

Overview/Rationale

The minor in 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.

Program Requirements

Courses

CH 341	Biochemistry I	3
CH 343	Biochemistry Laboratory I	1
	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
	or
EX 255	Nutritional Aspects of Human Health & Performance	3

Exercise Science students can take EX 255 or HS 308.

Nursing Students must take CH 117/119 OR CH 341/343

Elective Courses

Choose three of the following:

HS 313	Food and Culture	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
HS 347	Community Nutrition	3