Human Nutrition

Description

Understanding the human body and how it digests and metabolizes food is one of the most vital and accessible methods for preventing and treating disease. Build a strong foundation in nutrition with a perspective on medical nutrition therapy.

The concentration in human nutrition focuses on the science behind nutrition. This includes how:

• human bodies process nutrients for energy
• nutrients play important roles in health and disease
• nutritional needs change across the life span

This program also includes the medical nutrition therapy sequence, which provides students with a clear understanding of how nutrition can be used in a medical setting to prevent and treat diseases.

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 19 credit hours including a minimum of 12 upper division hours for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• Additional prerequisite requirements: BIO 201, BIO 202, BCH 361, CHM 101, and CHS 260.

Required Courses - 19 credit hours

NTR 241 Human Nutrition (3)

NTR 341 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3)

NTR 342 Medical Nutrition Therapy Lab (1)

NTR 440 Advanced Human Nutrition I (3) 

NTR 441 Advanced Human Nutrition II (3)

NTR 444 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3)

NTR 446 Medical Nutrition Therapy III OR NTR 450 Nutrition in the Life Cycle (SBOE) (3)

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