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TYPICAL 4-Year ACADEMIC PLAN FOR THE NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES (NFS) MAJOR

First Year
Fall   Spring  
CHEM 023: Outline of Gen Chemistry 4 credits CHEM 042: Intro Organic Chem 4 credits
NFS 043: Fundamentals of  Nutrition 3 credits NFS 053: Basic Concepts of Foods 3 credits
NFS 044: Survey of the Field 1 credit NFS 054: Basic Concepts of Foods Lab 1 credit
ENGS 001: Written Expression 3 credits PSYC 001: General Psychology 3 credits
CALS 001: Foundations: Comm. Methods 3 credits CALS 002: Foundations:
Information Tech		 3 credits
Total Credits 14 Total Credits 14

Second Year
Fall   Spring  
ANPS 019: Anat & Phys 4 credits ANPS 020: Anat & Phys 4 credits
STAT 111: Elements of Statistics 3 credits NFS 153: Princ Food Tech 3 credits
HUM: Choose Diversity Option 3 credits NFS 154: Princ Food Tech Lab 1 credit
NFS 143: Nutrition in the Life Cycle 3 credits NFS 073: Farm to Table 3 credits
SOC 001: Intro to Soc or Diversity Opt 3 credits MATH 009 or higher or Accounting 3 credits
Total Credits 16 Total Credits 14

Third Year
Fall   Spring  
NFS 183 or PBIO 185: Survey of Biochemistry 3 credits NFS 243: Advanced Nutrition 3 credits
NFS 187 or PBIO 187: Survey of Biochem Lab 1 credit NFS XXX 3 credits
NFS XXX 3 credits Electives 9 credits
Electives 9 credits    
Total Credits 16 Total Credits 15

Fourth Year
Fall   Spring  
NFS 203: Food Micro 4 credits NFS 295: Senior Capstone 1 credit
NFS 2XX 3 credits NFS 2XX 3 credits
Electives 9 credits Electives 11 credits
Total Credits 16 Total Credits 15

 

Prerequisite Sequence:

  • CHEM 23→CHEM 42→PBIO 185→NFS 243; NFS 243→NFS 260 , 263. 
  • Suggested sequence: take NFS 244 prior to NFS 260.
  • ENG 001 or ENG 0XX first year is recommended. 
  • Any two Humanities/Fine Arts Courses can be taken
    • suggest choosing University Approved Diversity course for at least one Humanities option to increase the number of electives the student has available.
  • The Diversity courses Anthropology 021, Health 105, and SWSS 47 will fulfill the Social Science requirement.

Diversity Requirement:

  • All undergraduates must successfully complete one three-credit course from Category 1 (D1), Race and Racism in the U.S., and a second three-credit course from either Category 1 (D1) or Category 2 (D2), Human and Societal Diversity.
    • These requirements will apply as well to undergraduate transfer students receiving bachelor's degrees from May 2012 onward. 
  • Diversity courses in Art, Classics, History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Language, and Theater will also fulfill the humanities requirement.