Nutrition Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS)
This major offers the following option(s):
- Dietetics
- Nutrition and Health Sciences
- Nutrition in Foodservice, Culinary and Food Systems
- Pre-Dietetics
As a nutrition major, you’ll learn about the behaviors and social factors behind the dietary choices we make; learn how food can help manage diseases such as diabetes and reduce the risk of others, including heart disease, cancer and osteoporosis; create healthy meals and menus using local ingredients; and practice advising individuals who want to improve their overall health.
Major Code: 466
- Understand the methods by which public health identifies potential causes of population health status, and identifies potential targets for interventions.
- Describe the fundamental roles of public health and how those roles are operationalized in public health organization, funding, workforce, and regulations.
- Locate, interpret, evaluate and use evidence-based literature in critical thinking activities.
- Use current information technologies.
- Demonstrate effective and professional oral and written communication.
- Identify food sources for obtaining adequate nutrients across the life span.
- Recall how race, gender, age, socioeconomic status and body size influence nutrition-related health disparities across the lifespan.