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Nutrition Studies Concentration

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The concentration in Nutrition Studies is designed to encourage critical thinking, engage students in dialogue, and increase self-awareness of their own nutritional status. It is designed to increase the knowledge base of the depth and implications of nutritional problems and their effects on chronic illnesses. Students in health-related fields such as Kinesiology, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Health Promotion, as well as students in elementary and secondary education where basic nutrition is being implemented, will benefit from this course concentration.

Required Courses

Mandatory:

NUTR 350 - Nutrition through the Life Cycle

This advanced-level course makes note of particular dietary needs and requirements as a function of the aging process. The areas addressed include levels of nutrient needs beginning with preconception through the entire life cycle.

Plus one of the following:

NUTR 110 - (E) Introduction to Nutrition
NUTR 220 - Nutrition for the Health Care Professions
BIOL 255 - Animal Nutrition and Metabolism (S)

Supplemental Courses (choose three)

BIOL 110 -111 - (E) Human Anatomy and Physiology or
BIOL 210 - Introductory Medical Microbiology or
BIOL 245 - (EPW: lab only) General Physiology (S) or
BIOL 250 - Microbiology (MC) or
BIOL 348 - Functional Neuroanatomy (S) or
BIOL 446 - Cardiovascular Physiology (S)
CHEM 110-111 - (E) Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 112-113 - (E) General and Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 232 - (E) Organic Chemistry
KNES 212 - Nutrition in Exercise and Sport
KNES 229 - Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology
KNES 435 - (D) Exercise, Nutrition and Women’s Health
NURS 111 - (D) Women’s Health

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