Nutrition and Food Science, Nutrition and Wellness Concentration, B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

• BIOL 2010 /BIOL 2011  (Nat Sci)
• HLTH 1530 /HLTH 1531  (Soc/Beh Sci)

Major Requirements (53 hours)

Auxiliary Courses (11 hours)

• BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)

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• BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 2021 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 0 credit hours

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• HLTH 1530 - Health and Wellness 3 credit hours AND
• HLTH 1531 - Health and Wellness Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)

Optional Minor (15 hours)

Electives (0-7)

• Hours will change if minor not selected

Freshman Fall

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• HSC 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours

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• BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• HLTH 1530 - Health and Wellness 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) AND
• HLTH 1531 - Health and Wellness Lab 0 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)

Freshman Spring

• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• NFS 2220 - Nutrition for the Health Sciences 3 credit hours
• Natural Science 4 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours (SOC 1010 recommended)

Sophomore Fall

• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• NFS 3280 - Sports Nutrition 3 credit hours
• Math 3 credit hours (MATH 1010 recommended)

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• NFS 3200 - Food Science 3 credit hours AND
• NFS 3201 - Food Science Lab 0 credit hours

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• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Sophomore Spring

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• NFS 3260 - Community Nutrition 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours
• Optional minor/elective 3 credit hours

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• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
• HLTH 3240 - Introduction to Community and Public Health 3 credit hours
• NFS 4260 - Food Safety Issues from Production to Consumption 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours

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• BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 2021 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 0 credit hours

Junior Spring

• NFS 3100 - Cultural Food Studies 3 credit hours
• NFS 4250 - Life Cycle Nutrition 3 credit hours
• NFS 4550 - Nutrition and Weight Management 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours
• Optional minor/elective 3 credit hours

Senior Fall

• HSC 4000 - Senior Seminar 1 credit hour
• NFS 4270 - Advanced Nutrition I 3 credit hours
• NFS 4500 - Nutrition Education 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours
• Optional minor/electives 6 credit hours

Senior Spring

• Optional minor/electives 10 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours