Nutrition Minor
Department of Food Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

Description

The Minor in Nutrition will provide knowledge of the principles of nutrition that are needed to formulate balanced diets and to evaluate information and policies conderning foods and dietary practices. Students may select courses to emphasize human or animal nutrition or a combination of these.

The objectives for students pursuing the Nutrition Minor are to:

1. acquire an understanding of the functions of the nutrients in the health of humans and/or animals,
2. to learn to formulate nutritionally balanced diets for humans and/or animals, and
3. to learn to apply nutritional principles in the evaluation of information and policies concerning foods and dietary practices.

Requirements

• Knowledge of biochemistry is the key to comprehending nutrition.
• Students are encouraged to schedule BCH 451 as soon as possible.
• Must complete a minimum of 16 credit hours from the list provided below and
• A grade of 'C' or better in these courses is required in order to receive a Minor in Nutrition.

Required Courses

BCH 451 Principles of Biochemistry (4 credit hrs)
NTR 490 Nutrition Seminar (1 credit hrs) OR NTR 390 Nutrition Seminar

Elective Courses

Students must choose at least 11 credits from the following:

ANS 230 Nutrition of Domestic Animals (4 credit hrs) OR
FS 201 Food Science and the Consumer (3 credit hrs)

NTR (FS,ANS) 301 Introduction to Human Nutrition (3 credit hrs)
NTR (FS) 400/500 Principles of Human Nutrition (3 credit hrs)
NTR (ANS, PO) 415 Comparative Nutrition (3 credit hrs)
NTR (ANS) 419 Human Nutrition in Health and Disease (3 credit hrs)
PO (ANS) 425 Feed Mill Management and Feed Formulation (3 credit hrs)
FN 429 (Meredith College) Clinical Dietetics (3 credit hrs)
NTR 492 External Learning Experience (1-6 credit hrs)*
NTR 493 Special Problems in Nutrition (1-6 credit hrs)*
NTR 495 Special Topics in Nutrition (1-3 credit hrs)
ANS 550 Applied Ruminant Nutrition (3 credit hrs)
NTR 554 (ANS 454) Lactation, Milk and Nutrition (3 credit hrs)
NTR/FS 555 Exercise Nutrition (3 credit hrs)
NTR 594 Special Topics in Nutrition (1-3 credit hrs)
NTR 624 Topical Problems in Nutrition (1-3 credit hrs)

* Not more than 3 hours from NTR 492 and NTR 493 may count toward the 8 hours of elective nutrition courses.

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
The student must consult a Nutrition Program faculty member who will serve as their adviser for the minor program. Students, with the help of their major adviser, or with the help of the Coordinator of the Nutrition Program, may contact a Nutrition faculty member and request that person serve as a Minor Adviser. The student must submit an Application for Minor to the Coordinator of the Nutrition Program. A printed copy of this form must be signed and submitted prior to graduation, but a preliminary registration may be submitted electronically at any time.

Certification
The student must submit an Application for Minor in Nutrition to the Coordinator of the Nutrition Program, as listed below, prior to the preregistration deadline for the student's final semester. The contact person below will verify that the requirements have been met and certify the minor program prior to the first 2 weeks of the student's final semester.

Contact Person

Sarah Ash
218E Schaub Hall
919.515.4043

sarah_ash@ncsu.edu

last updated: December 8, 2005