Human Nutrition - Dietetics

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2024

General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Supporting Course Requirements (40-46 Hours)

• Math Placement M or L, or MATH 1148 College Algebra or equivalent (0-4)
• PSYCH 1100 Introduction to Psychology (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
• Choose one:
  • SOCIOL 1101 Introductory Sociology (3)
  • SOCIOL 1102 Social Found. of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, & Social Class (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Div.) (3)
  • ANTHROP 1100 Introduction to Anthropology (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies) (3)
• BIOLOGY 1113.01 Biological Sciences: Energy Transfer and Development (can overlap with GE Natural Science) (4)
• Choose one (either can overlap with GE Math & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis):
  • STAT 1350.xx Elementary Statistics (3)
  • STAT 1450.xx Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (3)
• CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I (5)
• CHEM 1220 General Chemistry II (5)
• ANATOMY 2300 Human Anatomy (4)
• Choose one:
  • BIOPHRM 3311 Fundamentals of Medical Biochemistry I (3)
  • CHEM 2510 Organic Chemistry I (4)
• Choose one:
  • BIOPHRM 3312 Fundamentals of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II (3)
  • BIOCHEM 4511 Introduction to Biological Chemistry (4)
• EEOB 2520 Human Physiology (3)
• MICRBIO 4000.xx Basic and Practical Microbiology (4)

Major Requirements (49 Hours)

Required to receive a Verification Statement for the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD):

• 3.0 cumulative GPA
• C- grade or higher in all Human Nutrition courses
   
• HTHRHSC 2500 Medical Terminology for the Health Professions (3)
• CSHSPMG 3720 Food Service Management (3)
• CSHSPMG 3730 Food Service Management Practicum (1)
• CSHSPMG 3700 Controlling Food, Beverage, and Labor Costs (3)
• HUMNNTR 2295 Careers in Nutrition (1)
• HUMNNTR 2410 Science of Human Nutrition (4)
• HUMNNTR 2314 Fundamentals of Food (3)
• HUMNNTR 2450 Foodservice Sanitation and Safety (1)
• HUMNNTR 3313 Food in Different Cultures (2)
• HUMNNTR 3415 Global Nutrition Issues (2)
• HUMNNTR 3506 Nutrition Across the Life Span (3)
• HUMNNTR 3704 Public Health Nutrition (2)
• HUMNNTR 4504 Nutrition Education and Behavior Change (3)
• HUMNNTR 4596 Dietetics Seminar (1)
• HUMNNTR 4609 Macronutrients (3)
• HUMNNTR 4610 Micronutrients and Phytochemicals (3)
• HUMNNTR 5611 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3)
• HUMNNTR 5622 Medical Nutrition Therapy I Lab (1)
• HUMNNTR 5612 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3)
• HUMNNTR 5623 Medical Nutrition Therapy II Lab (1)
• MEDDIET 4900 Nutrition Assessment (3)

Total Hours: 109-135

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-11

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.