Human Health Track
The B.S. Nutrition Human Health Track provides a strong knowledge base and fundamental understanding of nutrition principles supported by a wide range of courses in chemistry, statistics, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, and anatomy and physiology to prepare for a broad range of human health careers.
Our program equips students for dynamic careers in medicine, nursing, dentistry, the pharmaceutical industry, dietetics, research, and has competitive acceptance rates to professional programs.
Program Details
- Degree: B.S. Nutrition
- Credit Hours: 120 total credit hours
- Download sample degree plan (PDF)
- View program requirements in the Course Catalog
#1
Nutrition Program
in the United States
Customize Your Career Path
The Human Health Track provides a wide range of approved electives in order to customize a degree suited to each student’s research interests and career objectives.
100% of our graduates pass the board exams to become a registered dietitian within one year of graduation.
Graduate School
- NUTR 469: Experimental Nutrition Laboratory
- NUTR 489: Mechanisms of Nutrition and Disease
Medical School
- NUTR 412: Nutritional Treatment of Disease
- NUTR 471: Evidence-Based Practice and Synthesis Methods
- NUTR 489: Mechanisms of Nutrition and Disease
- PBSI 107: Introduction to Psychology
- PHYS 201: College Physics I
- PHYS 202: College Physics II
Dental School
- NUTR 489: Mechanisms of Nutrition and Disease
- NUTR 471: Evidence-Based Practice and Synthesis Methods
- PHYS 201: College Physics I
- PHYS 202: College Physics II
Physician Assistant School
- PBSI 107: Introduction to Psychology
Nursing School
- COMM 203: Public Speaking
- PBSI 225: Developmental Lifespan Psychology
- NUTR 366: Nutrients and the Human Body I*
- NUTR 367: Nutrients and the Human Body II*
- NUTR 440: Ethics in Nutrition ad Health*
- NUTR 440: Microbes and Microbiome in Nutrition*
*Students completing these courses for nutrition pre-reqs will also earn a Minor in Nutrition
For more details on our pre-nursing curriculum please take a look at our degree guide.
Pharmacy School
- COMM 203: Public Speaking
- PHYS 201: College Physics I
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