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

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

• BIOL 2010 /BIOL 2011  (Sci Lit)
• BIOL 2020  BIOL 2021  (Sci Lit)
• HLTH 1530 /HLTH 1531  (HSSR)
• NFS 2100  (CCE)
• NFS 2220  (HSSR)

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 the True Blue Core)

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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 (may be counted in the True Blue Core)

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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 the True Blue Core)

Optional Minor/Electives (15-32 hours)

Freshman Fall

• HSC 1010 - Career Orientation 1 credit hour
• NFS 2220 - Nutrition for the Health Sciences 3 credit hours (HSSR)
• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

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

Freshman Spring

• NFS 2100 - Cultural Food Studies 3 credit hours
• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships/Elective 3 credit hours

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

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• HLTH 1530 - Health and Wellness 3 credit hours (HSSR) AND
• HLTH 1531 - Health and Wellness Lab 0 credit hours (HSSR)

Sophomore Fall

• NFS 3280 - Sports Nutrition 3 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 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

Sophomore Spring

• NFS 3260 - Community Nutrition 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours
• Optional minor/elective 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• CDFS 3320 - Family Relations 3 credit hours
• NFS 3210 - The Art and Science of Meal Prepping 3 credit hours
• NFS 4260 - Food Safety Issues from Production to Consumption 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours
• Optional minor/elective 4 credit hours

Junior Spring

• 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
• Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 3 credit hours

Senior Fall

• HSC 4000 - Senior Seminar 1 credit hour
• NFS 3210 - The Art and Science of Meal Prepping 3 credit hours
• NFS 4270 - Advanced Nutrition I 3 credit hours
• NFS 4500 - Nutrition Education 3 credit hours
• Major elective 3 credit hours
• Optional minor/electives 3 credit hours

Senior Spring

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