Nutrition and Healthy Living

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Description

Learn how to lead and educate others on healthy lifestyles and disease prevention. Select your courses based on personal interest, complement your degree and boost your knowledge of nutrition and overall wellness.

The nutrition and healthy living concentration provides students with a greater understanding of how nutrition contributes to healthy lifestyles and disease prevention.

Students have the opportunity to mix and match classes in areas such as:

body image and wellness
counseling and communication in different mediums
eating for lifelong health
the history and cultural aspects of food
nutrition in the community
sports nutrition

This concentration does not meet the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) requirements, and thus does not qualify a student to apply for a Dietetic Internship.

Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.

Required Courses -- 9 credit hours

NTR 100 Introductory Nutrition Science OR NTR 241 Human Nutrition

NTR 345 Development of Healthy Cuisines

NTR 450 Nutrition in the Life Cycle OR HSC 355 Eating for Lifelong Health

Upper Division Electives (Select Three) -- 9 credit hours

HEP 380 Body Image and Wellness

NTR 320 History of Human Nutrition

NTR 348 Cultural Aspects of Food

NTR 350 Nutrition Counseling

NTR 351 Nutrition Communication

NTR 353 The Western Diet

NTR 448 Community Nutrition

NTR 453 Nutrition and the Media

NTR 457 Sports Nutrition

NTR 480 Integrative and Functional Nutrition

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.

IDS Core Course Information

All Interdisciplinary Studies students are required to complete a 9 credit-hour core and 9 credit hours of context/application courses.

Required Courses (9 credit hours):

IDS 201 Intellectual Fusion (recommended for freshman/sophomore students)
- Prerequisites: None

IDS 301 Becoming Interdisciplinary (3) (recommended for transfer students and/or students declaring IDS in their junior or senior year)
- Prerequisites: Interdisciplinary Studies major
IDS 302 Integration Skills (3)
- Prerequisite(s): Interdisciplinary Studies major; IDS 201 or 301 with C or better
IDS 401 Integration: Experiential Learning (3) (requires application)
- Prerequisites: IDS 201 or 301 with C or better; IDS 302 with C or better; minimum 2.00 GPA; minimum of two courses completed in each concentration area

Context courses (6 credit hours)

Choose two Integrative Context courses from the following (3 credit hours each):

IDS 310: Integration: Cultural Contexts, C
IDS 311: Integration: Global Contexts, G, SB
IDS 312: Integrative Perspectives on Change
IDS 313: Integrative Perspectives on a Changing World
IDS 314: Integrative Perspectives on Cultural Dynamics, SB
IDS 315: Integration: Social Contexts, SB
IDS 316: Integration: Humanities Contexts, HU

Application courses (3 credit hours)

Choose any IDS Application course from the following (3 credit hours each):

IDS 140: The Nature of Knowledge Systems
IDS 302: Integration Skills
IDS 310: Integration: Cultural Contexts, C
IDS 311: Integration: Global Contexts, G, SB
IDS 312: Integrative Perspectives on Change
IDS 313: Integrative Perspectives on a Changing World
IDS 314: Integrative Perspectives on Cultural Dynamics, SB
IDS 315: Integration: Social Contexts, SB
IDS 316: Integration: Humanities Contexts, HU
IDS 484: Elective Internship

Transfer to ASU transfer.asu.edu

How credits transfer to ASU transfer.asu.edu/credits
How to transfer to ASU from a Two-Year school transfer.asu.edu/ CommunityColleges

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) transfer students transfer.asu.edu/maricopa

Courses may fulfill Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) or Associate’s degree requirements, consult with your community college academic advisor for details.
MCCCD course transfer equivalencies are listed here; they may be applied toward this concentration (maximum of six credits or two courses).
Information listed was current for this catalog year at the time of printing, consult transfer.asu.edu/maricopa for verification.

YEAR

2024-25

CAMPUS

Downtown Phoenix

ADVISING

Interdisciplinary Studies Advising
cisa.asu.edu/advising
All appointments:
480-965-4464

Downtown Phoenix
Arizona Center, Suite 380

Polytechnic
Santa Catalina Hall

Tempe
Urban Systems Engineering

Online
480-965-4464

DARS CODE

NHNHLEMPH

COLLEGE/SCHOOL

College of Health Solutions

CONCENTRATION CONTACT

College of Health Solutions | HLTHN 401AA
chs@asu.edu
602-496-3300