Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics

Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Nutrition, Registered Dietitian Concentration (starting spring of 2009)
Suggested Course Sequence

  • Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
Freshman Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
CHEM 132 General Chemistry 4 CHEM 133 Organic & Biochem 4
ENGL 101 Composition I 3 ENGL 102 Composition II 3
HEAL or HSCC 123 or 101 Wellness 3 BIOL 140 Principles of Biology I 4
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR 190    3 PSY 150 General Psychology (P1) 3
MATH 170 Statistics 3        
TOTAL     16 TOTAL     14
Sophomore Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
CMHC 201 Communication 3 BIOL 240 Introduction to Genetics 4
ENVH or BIOL 260 & 261 or 313 Etiology or Microbiology 3 BIOL 293 Human Physiology 4
ND 239 Dietetics as a Profession 1 HSCC 220 Medical Terminology 3
ND 330 Human Nutrition Needs 3 P1-P5 ( P4 )*     3
P1-P5 ( P1 )*      3 ND 310 Food and Culture (P6) 3
P1-P5 ( P3 )*      3          
TOTAL     16       17
Junior Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
HSCC 370 Pharmacology 2 ND 342 Nutrition and Athletics/Lab 3
ND 331 Food Science/Lab 4 ND 333 Quantity Food Production/Lab 3
ND 335 Nutrition Through the Life Cycle 3 ND 334 Nutritional Applications/Lab 3
P1-P5 ( P5 )*     3 ND 340 Community Nutrition 3
Electives     3 Electives     3
TOTAL     15 TOTAL     15
               

Summer

ND 483, or 484, or 485 Internship 1        
Senior Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ND 432 Food Service Management I 3 Electives     2
ND 433 Research Methods 3 ND 435 Food Service Management II 3
ND 439 Professional Practice 1 ND 442 Nutritional Biochem II 3
ND 441 Nutritional Biochem I 3 ND 452 Medical Nutrition Therapy II  3
ND 451 Medical Nutrition Therapy I 3 ND 453 Medical Nutrition Therapy Lab 1
        ND 461 Media Presentations for Dietetics Professionals 1
TOTAL     13 TOTAL     13

*One of the needed Liberal Studies Perspectives must be an upper level.

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