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Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics
Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Nutrition
Suggested Course Sequence
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
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Freshman Year | |||||||
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ENGL | 101 | Composition I | 3 | ENGL | 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| HEAL or HSCC | 123 or 101 | Wellness | 3 | CMCH | 201 | Communication | 3 |
| FIRST YEAR SEMINAR | 190 | 3 | MATH * | 170 | Statistics | 3 | |
| CHEM * | 132 | General Chemistry | 4 | CHEM | 133 | Organic & Biochem | 4 |
| P4 | Humanities | 3 | PSY * | 150 | General Psychology | 3 | |
| Notes: * CHEM 132 and BIOL 292 fulfills C5 category, and hours count toward both Liberal Studies and Major hours. * MATH 170 fulfills C2 category and hours toward the 42 hours in Liberal Studies * PSY 150 is required by the major and also fulfills part of the P1 Liberal Studies requirement. | |||||||
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Sophomore Year | |||||||
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Fall |
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| HSCC or BIOL | 260 or 313 | Etiology or Microbiology | 3 | BIOL | 293 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| P1 | Social Sciences | 3 | ND | 330 | Human Nutrition Needs | 3 | |
| P3 | History | 3 | General Elective | 3 | |||
| P5 | Fine & Performing Arts | 3 | General Elective | 3 | |||
| P6 | World Cultures | 3 | General Elective | 2 | |||
| ND | 239 | Dietetics as a Profession | 1 | ||||
| Notes: Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Junior Year | |||||||
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| P1 - P6 | Upper Level Perspective | 3 | ND | 333 | Quantity Food Production | 3 | |
| ND | 231 | Food Science/Lab | 4 | ND | 334 | Nutritional Applications | 3 |
| ND | 335 | Nutrition Through the Life Cycle | 3 | ND | 340 | Community Nutrition | 3 |
| HSCC | 318 | Department Administration | 3 | General Elective | 3 | ||
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 | ||||
| Notes: Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Senior Year | |||||||
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Spring | ||||||
| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ND | 441 | Human Metabolism I | 3 | ND | 442 | Human Metabolism II | 3 |
| ND | 451 | Therapeutic Nutrition I | 3 | ND | 452 | Therapeutic Nutrition II | 3 |
| ND | 432 | Institutional Foodservice Management | 3 | ND | 453 | Therapeutic Nutrition Lab | 1 |
| ND or HSCC | 433 or 470/471 | Research Methods | 3 | HSCC | 450 | Financial Management in Health Care | 3 |
| ND | 439 | Professional Practice | 1 | General Elective | 3 | ||
| Notes: | |||||||
- Total Hours for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.