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Human Health Curriculum

1st Year

Fall

BIOL 111: Intro to Biology I (4 credit hours)

CHEM 119: Fundamentals of Chemistry (4 credit hours)

ENGL 103: Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition OR ENGL 104: Composition and Rhetoric (3 credit hours)

NUTR 204: Perspectives in Nutrition (1 credit hour)

NUTR 203: Scientific Principles of Human Nutrition (3 credit hours)

NUTR 210: Horizons in Nutrition and Food Science (1 credit hour)

Total Fall Credits: 16 hours

Spring

BIOL 112: Intro to Biology II (4 credit hours)

CHEM 120: Fundamentals of Chemistry II (4 credit hours)

NUTR 301: Nutrition Through Life (3 credit hours)

American History Course (3 credit hours)

Total Spring Credits: 14 hours

2nd Year

Fall

CHEM 257: Organic Chemistry I (4 credit hours)

ENGL 210: Technical and Professional Writing (3 credit hours)

American History Course (3 credit hours)

Mathematics Course (3 credit hours)

Social and Behavioral Science Course (3 credit hours)

Total Fall Credits: 16 hours

Spring

CHEM 258: Organic Chemistry II (4 credit hours)

POLS 206: American National Government (3 credit hours)

Creative Arts Course (3 credit hours)

Mathematics Course (3 credit hours)

General Elective (1 credit hour)

Total Spring Credits: 14 hours

3rd Year

Fall

POLS 207: State and Local Government (3 credit hours)

NUTR 366: Nutrition and the Human Body I (4 credit hours)

Nutrition Elective (3 credit hours)

Technical Elective (3 credit hours)

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Total Fall Credits: 16 hours

Spring

GENE 301: Comprehensive Genetics (3 credit hours)

GENE 312: Comprehensive Genetics Lab (1 credit hour)

NUTR 367: Nutrition and the Human Body II (4 credit hours)

Statistics Course (3 credit hours)

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Total Spring Credits: 14 hours

4th Year

Fall

BICH 409: Principles of Biochemistry (3 credit hours)

NUTR 440: Microbes and Microbiome in Nutrition (4 credit hours)

Nutrition Electives (6 credit hours)

Technical Elective (3 credit hours)

Total Fall Credits: 16 hours

Spring

NUTR 400: Ethics in Nutrition and Health (1 credit hour)

NUTR 475: Nutrition and Physiological Chemistry (3 credit hours)

NUTR 481: Seminar (1 credit hour)

Language, Philosophy, and Culture Course (3 credit hours)

Nutrition Elective (3 credit hours)

Technical Elective (3 credit hours)

Total Spring Credits: 14 hours

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