Program: Nutrition and Food Science, Family and Consumer Sciences Community Education Concentration, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Human Sciences
615-898-2091
Janet Colson, program director
Janet.Colson@mtsu.edu

The major in Nutrition and Food Science with a concentration in Family and Consumer Sciences Community Education is designed to prepare students to work in extension service, business, consumer services, and government agencies.

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Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Nutrition and Food Science, Family and Consumer Sciences Community Education, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	58 hours
Electives or Minor	21 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

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.

Major Requirements (58 hours)

Nutrition and Food Science Core (6 hours)

NFS 2220 - Nutrition for the Health Sciences 3 credit hours
NFS 3200 - Food Science 3 credit hours
NFS 3201 - Food Science Lab 0 credit hours

Remaining Major Requirements (52 hours)

CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
CDFS 4340 - The Contemporary Family 3 credit hours
ECE 3310 - Human Development (Birth to 8) 3 credit hours
FCSE 1400 - Personal Finance 3 credit hours
FCSE 2510 - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Curriculum 3 credit hours
HSC 4102 - Internship: Nutrition and Food Science 3 or 6 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
HSC 4410 - Consumer Economics 3 credit hours
NFS 3100 - Cultural Food Studies 3 credit hours
NFS 3260 - Community Nutrition 3 credit hours
NFS 3400 - Food Safety and Sanitation 1 credit hour
NFS 4100 - Food Service Management for Culinary Arts 3 credit hours
NFS 4250 - Life Cycle Nutrition 3 credit hours
NFS 4500 - Nutrition Education 3 credit hours
NFS 4550 - Nutrition and Weight Management 3 credit hours
TXMD 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours
TXMD 2180 - Textiles I 3 credit hours
TXMD 2181 - Textiles I Laboratory 0 credit hours
TXMD 3200 - Apparel Construction I 3 credit hours
HSC 3430 - Housing 3 credit hours OR
IDES 4620 - House Furnishings 3 credit hours

Minor or Electives (21 hours)

Curriculum: Nutrition and Food Science, Family and Consumer Sciences Community Education

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

Freshman Fall

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
FCSE 1400 - Personal Finance 3 credit hours
NFS 2220 - Nutrition for the Health Sciences 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Freshman Spring

ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
FCSE 2510 - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Curriculum 3 credit hours
TXMD 1110 - Apparel Foundations Applications 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
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

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

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)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
NFS 3260 - Community Nutrition 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
NFS 3200 - Food Science 3 credit hours AND
NFS 3201 - Food Science Lab 0 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
TXMD 2180 - Textiles I 3 credit hours AND
TXMD 2181 - Textiles I Laboratory 0 credit hours
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

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

CDFS 4340 - The Contemporary Family 3 credit hours
ECE 3310 - Human Development (Birth to 8) 3 credit hours
NFS 3100 - Cultural Food Studies 3 credit hours
NFS 4100 - Food Service Management for Culinary Arts 3 credit hours
TXMD 3200 - Apparel Construction I 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

NFS 3400 - Food Safety and Sanitation 1 credit hour
NFS 4250 - Life Cycle Nutrition 3 credit hours
NFS 4550 - Nutrition and Weight Management 3 credit hours
Elective/Minor 3 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours
HSC 3430 - Housing 3 credit hours OR
IDES 4620 - House Furnishings 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Senior Fall

HSC 4410 - Consumer Economics 3 credit hours
NFS 4500 - Nutrition Education 3 credit hours
Elective/Minor 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

HSC 4102 - Internship: Nutrition and Food Science 3 or 6 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
Elective/Minor 9 credit hours

Nutrition and Food Science, Family and Consumer Sciences Community Education Concentration, B.S.

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

Major Requirements (58 hours)

Nutrition and Food Science Core (6 hours)

Remaining Major Requirements (52 hours)

Minor or Electives (21 hours)

Curriculum: Nutrition and Food Science, Family and Consumer Sciences Community Education

Freshman Fall

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Freshman Spring

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Senior Fall

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

Subtotal: 12 Hours