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What is Nutritional Sciences?
The Nutritional Sciences minor uses nutrition in the human body as the backdrop to more fully understand and integrate topics such as physiology, chemistry, biochemistry, and food science to prepare students to help individuals and communities locally and globally. Students will be uniquely prepared to integrate their strong basic science foundation to the human body to help others lead healthier lives. Areas of study include the application of nutrition principles to health promotion and wellness, sports performance, research and intervention science, medical nutrition therapy, and behavioral interventions.
You Might Like This Program If...
- You are pursuing a career in the health professions including medicine, pharmacology, nursing, dentistry, physician assistant studies, or you are considering graduate work in the basic sciences.
- You are majoring in a health or science related discipline such as Biobehavioral Health, Kinesiology, Pre Medicine, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics, or Biomedical Engineering and want to strengthen your understanding of how nutrition integrates with human physiology and health.
- You are majoring in Agricultural Sciences or Animal Science, or you have an interest in food systems, sustainability, and other food related topics and want to understand more about nutrition in the context of food and the human body.
- You want to deepen your understanding of nutrition and learn how to apply evidence based principles to your own health and lifestyle.
Program Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Requirements for the Minor | 18 |
Requirements for the Minor
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10. In addition, at least six credits of the minor must be unique from the prescribed courses required by a student's major(s).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prescribed Courses | ||
| Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| NUTR 251 | Introductory Principles of Nutrition  | 3 |
| NUTR 358 | Assessment of Nutritional Status | 3 |
| NUTR 445 | Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism | 3 |
| Additional Courses | ||
| Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Students must take 6 additional 400 level nutritional sciences credits excluding NUTR 495. NUTR 496 (Independent Study) credit may be counted towards the minor up to a 3 credit maximum. | 6 | |
| Select 3 additional credits from NUTR courses, excluding NUTR 100 | 3 | |
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university's academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee's unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY
University Park
Nicole Hastings
Academic Adviser
110 Chandlee Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
nxh5261@psu.edu
Career Paths
Information about Career and Graduate Studies opportunities can be found on the College of Health and Human Development website.
Contact
University Park
DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
110 Chandlee Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
tpm5262@psu.edu