BS in Nutritional Science (61 hours*)
This degree provides excellent preparation for those individuals in preprofessional programs (e.g., premedicine, predentistry, prelaw) or for an advanced degree (MS, PhD) in nutrition or biological sciences.
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- Complete the following core requirements:
NDFS 100 : Essentials of Human Nutrition.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Food-oriented study of nutritional facts and principles as a basis for dietary choices; consequences of choices; scientifically examining controversial topics. |
NDFS 200 : Nutrient Metabolism.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 100 and organic chemistry, or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chemical structures of nutrients, their food sources, requirements, digestion, absorption, transport, metabolism, functions, storage and excretion; metabolic consequences of nutrient deficiencies, interactions, imbalances, and toxicities. |
NDFS 294 : Nutrition Research Fundamentals.
(1:1:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 200. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Design of protocols for and ethics of research with human subjects and animals. Scientific literature searches and presentations. |
| NOTE: | Recommended during sophomore year. |
NDFS 305 : Nutritional Implications of Disease.
(4:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 200; PDBio 305. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nutritional assessment and medical nutrition therapy across disease states. |
| NOTE: | For nutritional science majors. |
- After consulting with a faculty advisor, complete 8 hours from the following:
MMBIO 241 : Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory.
(1:0:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 240 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Molecular and cellular biology techniques laboratory. |
NDFS 201 : Nutrition and Prevention of Chronic Disease.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 100. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Role of dietary choices in preventing or ameliorating chronic diseases. Examples of dietary interventions. |
NDFS 250 : Essentials of Food Science.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Organic chemistry or concurrent enrollment; and concurrent enrollment in NDFS 251. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of food science, including chemical, physical and microbiological principles related to food processing, storage, and utilization. Current issues in food science. |
NDFS 251 : Essentials of Food Science Laboratory.
(1:0:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment in NDFS 250. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Laboratory experience in the chemistry of changes occurring during food processing, storage, and utilization. |
NDFS 310 : Sports Nutrition.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 100, PDBio 305. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Scientific basis for the role of nutrition in human performance. Critical evaluation of popular practices; making optimal food choices for physical activity. |
NDFS 380 : International Nutrition and Health.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W even years. |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 200 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Causes and consequences of nutrient deficiencies common in developing countries. Appropriate interventions to prevent or treat malnutrition. |
NDFS 424 : Nutrition Through the Life Cycle.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | NDFS 300 or 305 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Dietary recommendations for pregnancy and lactation; infant feeding; nutritional requirements, diet, and health concerns of preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and the elderly. |
NDFS 494R : Undergraduate Research in Nutrition, Dietetics, or Food Science.
(1-3:0:9)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's and department chair's consent; 14 hours of nutrition, dietetics, and food science courses. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mentored research experience or library thesis. |
PDBIO 360 : Cell Biology.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 240. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamentals of cell structure and function with reference to analytical methods used by cell biologists. Practice in designing, executing, and interpreting relative experiments. |
PWS 340 : Genetics.
(2:2:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 240. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Genetic mechanisms, their fundamental nature, interactions, and applications to human affairs. Genetics in quantitative terms. Extensive practice in problem solving. |
- Complete the following:
CHEM 105 : General College Chemistry.
(4:5:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 (or equivalent) or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Atomic and molecular structure including bonding and periodic properties of the elements; reaction energetics, electrochemistry, acids and bases, inorganic and organic chemistry. |
| NOTE: | Primarily for students in engineering and biological sciences. Three lectures and two recitation sections per week. |
CHEM 106 : General College Chemistry.
(3:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 105 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Chem 105 but covering most of the topics in a more quantitative way. Detailed treatment of thermodynamics and equilibria. |
| NOTE: | Three lectures and one recitation section per week. |
CHEM 107 : General College Chemistry Laboratory.
(1:0:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 106 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chemical properties, chemical reactions, collection and interpretation of data, preparation of reports. |
| NOTE: | Required for most students needing one year of general chemistry. |
CHEM 351 : Organic Chemistry.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 105, 111; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chemical bonds and molecular structure, conformation and configuration, functional classes, reactions and mechanisms, syntheses. |
| NOTE: | Primarily for majors in chemical engineering and the biological sciences. |
CHEM 353 : Organic Chemistry Laboratory--Nonmajors.
(1-2:0:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 352 or concurrent enrollment (preferred). |
| DESCRIPTION: | Physical and chemical properties, isolation and purification, characterization, syntheses. |
| NOTE: | For predentistry, premedicine, and other majors who do not intend to take Chem 455. |
CHEM 481 : Biochemistry 1.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 352; Biol 100 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | First-semester biochemistry. Molecular components of cells, chemical structure and function, enzymes, metabolic transformations, photosynthesis. |
| NOTE: | For chemistry majors and students in biological sciences who contemplate pursuing advanced degrees, including medicine. |
MMBIO 240 : Molecular Biology.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBio 120, Chem 105. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamentals of protein and nucleic acid structure and their function in the context of the classical experiments that have informed our current models of biology at the molecular level. |
PDBIO 120 : Science of Biology.
(2:2:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp; Honors also. |
| DESCRIPTION: | General biology course designed for biological science majors, emphasizing the scientific method, cell theory, biochemical unity, the Central Dogma, bioenergetics, reproduction, and evolutionary theory. |
PDBIO 305 : Human Physiology (with lab).
(4:4:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 101 or equivalent. |
| RECOMMENDED: | A general biology course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Function of body organ systems. |
| NOTE: | Not acceptable for physiology and developmental biology, biophysics, or neuroscience majors. Designed for students with basic chemistry / no molecular biology. Students with chemistry/molecular biology should take PDBio 362. |
PHSCS 105 : Introductory Applied Physics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | High school algebra and trigonometry. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in Phscs 107. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applied physics course not requiring calculus. Topics include mechanics, heat, wave motion, sound. |
PHSCS 106 : Introductory Applied Physics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Phscs 105 or equivalent. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in Phscs 108. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Phscs 105. Topics include electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, and optics. |
STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics.
(3:3:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also; Honors also. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression. |
: Honors Principles of Statistics.
Recommended Courses
CHEM 223 : Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis.
(4:2:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 106 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Principles of chemical equilibrium, quantitative chemical measurements, and qualitative detection of selected chemical species. |
| NOTE: | Primarily for majors in molecular biology and the life sciences. |
MMBIO 221 : General Microbiology.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Any chemistry course and any biology course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Microbial world, emphasizing communicable diseases, their causes, and control. |
| NOTE: | Recommended for students seeking a liberal education in microbiology who do not have the prerequisites to take the more advanced courses. |
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.