Nutrition Minor

This minor provides an understanding of nutrition and includes specialized courses in child nutrition, nutrition for the aging, and community nutrition. It is open to all students and complements majors in health-related professional and pre-professional programs. A minimum 2.00 GPA is required for all courses in the minor. No courses may be taken credit/no-credit.

Program Requirements

(19-20 semester hours)

Required courses
KNH 102Food, Nutrition & Health3
KNH 104Introduction to Food Science3
KNH 202Nutrition Across the Life Span3
Select one of the following:4-5
Chemistry of Life Processes
College Chemistry
and College Chemistry Laboratory
Electives
Select two of the following:6
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Italian Food Cultures in Context
Nutrition in Disease Prevention Management
Global and Community Nutrition
Advanced Nutrition I: Macronutrient Metabolism
Advanced Nutrition II: Micronutrient and Phytochemical Metabolism
Nutrition for Sports and Fitness
KNH 453H
Nutrition Education
Total Credit Hours19-20