2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Human Clinical Nutrition Minor

Human Clinical Nutrition Minor 

Overview/Rationale

The minor in human nutrition is designed to provide students with a background in nutrition to enhance their knowledge of healthcare principles.  Students learn basic concepts of human nutrition and the relationships between nutrition, health, and disease across the lifespan.  The minor offers students required coursework to apply for graduate programs in clinical nutrition or apply principles to future healthcare practice.

Program Requirements

Courses

BI 206Human Anatomy & Physiology I

3

BI 208Human Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory

1

BI 207Human Anatomy & Physiology II

3

BI 209Human Anatomy & Physiology II Laboratory

1

 

CH 341Biochemistry I

3

or

CH 201Intro Biochemistry Clinical Nutrition

3

 

HS 308Fundamentals of Nutrition

3

HS 342Applied Nutrition

3

For HS 308

Exercise Science students can take EX 255 or HS 308.

Total Credit Hours: 18

Nursing Students

Please choose from the following

CH 117General Organic & Biochemistry: An Overview

3

CH 119General Organic & Biochemistry Lab

1

or

CH 341Biochemistry I

3

CH 343Biochemistry Laboratory I

1