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Undergraduate 2019-2020

Nutrition B.S.

College of Natural and Health Sciences

Contact: Alena M. Clark, Ph.D., R.D., Program Coordinator

Location: Gunter 2280

Telephone: 970.351.2755

Website: www.unco.edu/nhs/dietetics

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts:

  1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
  2. Required Major Credits
  3. University-Wide Credits

Program Description:

The Nutrition degree is intended for students who want to focus on the sciences and the scientific basis for nutrition. Both areas of health promotion and foods-related careers may be studied. Students also have the flexibility to choose electives to prepare for graduate programs in health fields such as medicine, physician assistant school, exercise science, public health, or health-related research while receiving a strong background in nutrition. Professionals trained in nutrition science have many career options due to population growth and aging, the focus on prevention of chronic diseases, and a growing emphasis on health, nutrition, and wellness. A Bachelor's degree in Nutrition will prepare you for a career working in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE), and Cooperative Extension among others. If a focus in foods and management is selected with the Nutrition degree many opportunities in school districts, corporate food industries, entrepreneurial ventures, and government programs are available. The B.S. Nutrition also prepares students to sit for the examination to become a Certified Dietary Manager and work in nursing homes, assisted living centers or hospital food services (for more information: http://www.anfponline.org/Docs/CredentialingExamBrochure.pdf). This is a major for those who are not pursuing dietetic registration.

Program Admission Requirements:

Academic Good Standing

Program Requirements:

  • Students can not double major in both Dietetics and Nutrition. Nutrition majors can not minor in Nutrition.

  • In accordance with University Policies, coursework earned more than 10 years prior to the date of matriculation to UNC may not be used to satisfy any major or minor requirements.  Any exception to this policy is at the discretion of the academic program. 

Degree Requirements — 120 Credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specified LAC — 25 credits

LAC area 1b. — Intermediate Composition

SCI 291Scientific Writing

3

LAC area 2 — Mathematics

STAT 150Introduction to Statistical Analysis

3

LAC area 5 — Social and Behavioral Sciences

PSY 120Principles of Psychology

3

LAC area 6 — Physical and Life Sciences

BIO 110Principles of Biology

4

CHEM 111Principles of Chemistry I

4

CHEM 111LPrinciples of Chemistry I Laboratory

1

FND 250Principles of Nutrition

3

CHEM 281Fundamentals of Biochemistry

3

CHEM 281LFundamentals of Biochemistry Laboratory

1

Remaining LAC — 15 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core”.

NOTE: Students need to select courses from areas 7 and 8 that also count for areas 3, 4, or 5.

2. Required Major — 36 credits

Take all of the following courses:

FND 210Medical Terminology

2

FND 252Nutrition in the Life Cycle

3

FND 370Nutrition Education and Application Strategies

3

FND 420Maternal and Child Nutrition

3

FND 451Advanced Nutrition

3

FND 452Community Nutrition

3

FND 455Nutrition for Fitness and Athletic Performance

3

BIO 245Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology

4

BIO 246Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology

3

Choose at least nine credits from the following–must take at least two upper level courses (300/400):

BIO 351Microbiology

4

COMM 223Intercultural Communication

3

COMM 410Communication & Technology

3

FND 310Introduction to Foods

2

FND 310LIntroduction to Foods Laboratory

2

FND 320Nutrition Applications in Foodservice

2

FND 320LNutrition Applications in Foodservice Laboratory

1

FND 430Nutrition Assessment and Intervention

2

FND 430LNutrition Assessment and Intervention Laboratory

1

FND 446Foodservice Systems Management

3

FND 446LFoodservice Systems Management Laboratory

1

HUSR 208Perspectives on Aging and Later Life

3

HUSR 209Foundations of Health Promotion/Health Education

3

HUSR 342Modern Concepts of Health and Disease

3

PSY 443Motivation

3

SOC 375Sociology of Health and Illness (3)

3

3. University-Wide Credits — 44 credits

Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 44 credits