Program Overview

Pre-Nutrition Program

The Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition offers a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition. The prerequisite course work listed below prepares the student to apply for the Nutrition program offered in the College of Applied Health Sciences. Completion of the Pre-Nutrition coursework does not guarantee admission to the College of Applied Health Sciences or to Nutrition Science program. Students admitted to the Nutrition Science program complete the final two years of coursework within the College of Applied Health Sciences.

Prerequisite Coursework

59 semester hours, exclusive of basic military science, distributed as follows:

• Note: Students who do not place into certain courses or do not carefully plan sequential coursework should expect to take summer session courses or take longer than two years to complete pre-nutrition coursework. All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
• Course List:
  • Required Courses:
    • HN 100: Introduction to Nutrition: New Student Seminar (2 hours)
    • ENGL 160: Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts (3 hours)
    • ENGL 161: Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research (3 hours)
    • COMM 100: Fundamentals of Human Communication (3 hours)
    • Understanding the Creative Arts course (3 hours)
    • Understanding the Past course (3 hours)
    • PSCH 100: Introduction to Psychology (4 hours)
    • SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology (3 hours)
    • BIOS 110: Biology of Cells and Organisms (4 hours)
    • Select one of the following general chemistry sequences:
      • CHEM 122: Matter and Energy (5 hours)
      • CHEM 123: Foundations of Chemical Inquiry I (5 hours)
      • OR
      • CHEM 116: Honors and Majors General and Analytical Chemistry I (5 hours)
      • CHEM 232: Structure and Function (3 hours)
    • BIOS 352: Introductory Biochemistry (3 hours)
    • KN 230: Anatomy and Physiology Lecture I (3 hours)
    • KN 231: Anatomy and Physiology Lecture II (3 hours)
    • KN 232: Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I (2 hours)
    • KN 233: Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II (2 hours)
    • MATH 110: College Algebra (4 hours)
    • HN 110: Foods (3 hours)
    • HN 196: Nutrition (3 hours)
  • Total Hours: 59

Admission Criteria

• The minimum GPA for application to the BS in Nutrition is 2.50/4.00.
• Students should contact the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition for admission deadlines.