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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Nutritional Sciences 709 Graduation Requirements for the Major  

Graduation Requirements for the Major


For an up-to-date description of nutritional sciences major requirements, courses, and course sequences, please refer to the program webpage at https://nutrition.rutgers.edu/undergraduate.

SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)

Contemporary Challenges (6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]

Experiential Learning (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EL]

Natural Sciences (6 credits) Students must take two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]

Historical Analysis (3 credits) Students must take one course [HST]

Social Analysis
(6 credits) SEBS students must complete two courses, one in either social/cultural analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory analysis [SCL]

Arts and Humanities (3 credits) Students must complete one course [AH]

Writing and Communication
(6 credits) Students must take 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course that fulfills the learning goal, communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD].

Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Students must take two courses [QQ; QR]

Graduation Requirements for the Major (64-88 credits)

PROFICIENCY IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES (22 credits)

  A. REQUIRED COURSES
  Students are required to have placed at the precalculus level or above to take the required biology and chemistry courses.
   01:119:115-116  General Biology I,II (4,4) [NS]
   01:119:117  General Biology Laboratory (2)
   01:160:161  General Chemistry I (4) [NS]
   01:160:162  General Chemistry II (4)
   01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)
   11:709:255  Nutrition and Health (3)
 
  Students must achieve a GPA of 2.5 or better across these courses to be admitted to the Nutrition; Dietetics; or Nutrition, Food, and Business options.  

  B. OPTIONS IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES

  1. Dietetics (66)
11:709:102 Careers in Nutrition (1)
11:709:201 Culinary Nutrition (3)
11:709:202 Culinary Nutrition Lab (1)
11:709:255 Nutrition and Health (3)
11:709:301 Food Safety & Sanitation in Food Service (2)
11:709:345 Nutrition through the Lifespan (3)
11:373:341 Organizational Dynamics (3) or equivalent
11:709:400 Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients (3)
11:709:401 Advanced Nutrition: Energy & Micronutrients (3)
11:709:402¿ Advanced Nutrition: Readings for Macronutrients (1)
11:709:403¿ Advanced Nutrition: Readings for Energy & Micronutrients (1)
11:709:404 Advanced Nutrition: Clinical Research Practicum (1)
11:709:410 Dietetics Professional Practice (3)
11:709:441 Community Nutrition (3)
11:709:442 Nutrition Education & Communication (3)
11:709:448 Food Production & Management (3)
11:709:449 Food Service Lab (1)
11:709:483 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3)
11:709:484 Nutrition Therapy Lab (1)
11:709:485 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3)
11:709:489 Experimental Foods (4) or
11:709:493/494 Research in Nutrition (BA)
01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research or Equivalent (3)
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4)
01:119:127 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
01:119:128 Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
01:160:161 General Chemistry I (4)
01:160:162 General Chemistry II (4)
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation Lab (1)
01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
11:115:301 Introduction to Biochemistry (3) or 01:694:301 Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (3)

Many of the science courses have prerequisites. Please see catalog descriptions. Students must achieve a C or better in all required biological sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, and nutrition courses before taking 709:400, 401, and 498.

  2. Nutrition (54.5-57.5)
   
   11:709:352  Nutrition and Behavior (3) or 11:709:427  Obesity: Biology, Behavior, and  Management (3) or 11:709:443  Methods in Sensory Analysis (3) or 11:709:475  Nutrition and Fitness (3)
   11:709:400  Advanced Nutrition I (3)
   11:709:401  Advanced Nutrition II (3)
   11:709:481  Seminar in Nutrition (1.5)
   11:709:493 or 494  Research in Nutrition (3) [EBE]
   11:067:300  Integrative Physiology (4) or 01:146:356, 357  Systems Physiology, Lab (3,1)
   01:160:307-308, 311  Organic Chemistry, Lab (4,4,2)
   01:447:380  Genetics (4)
   01:640:135  Calculus I (4) or equivalent [QQ]
   11:115:301  Introductory Biochemistry (3) or 11:694:301  Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (3) or 11:115:403-404  General Biochemistry (4,4) or 01:694:407-408 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (3,3)
   01:750:193-194  Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or 01:750:203-204  General Physics (3,3) and 01:750:205-206  General Physics Lab (1,1)
   01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research (3) or equivalent [QR]
   01:146 3xx/4xx or 01:447:3xx/4xx or 01:694::3xx/4xx or 11:126:3xx/4xx or 11:216:3xx/4xx Advanced Life Sciences course (3)

Many of the science courses have prerequisites. Please see catalog descriptions. Students must achieve a C or better in all required biological sciences, biochemistry, chemistry, and nutrition courses before taking 709:400, 401, and 498.

  3. Food Service Administration (42)

   11:709:201,202  Culinary Nutrition, Lab (3,1)
   11:709:344  Quantity Food Production (3) [EBE]
   11:709:444  Management of Food Service Systems (3)
   01:640:115  Precalculus or equivalent (4) (QQ)
   11:373:121  Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3) or equivalent [SCL]
   11:373:121  Principles and Applications of Macroeconomics (3) or equivalent [SCL]
   33:010:272  Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
   11:680:201,202  Introduction to Microbiology, Lab (3,1) or 01:119:131,132  Microbiology for the Health Sciences, Lab (3,1)
   11:373:341  Management: Human Systems Development (3) or 01:830:341  Organizational and Personnel Psychology (3)

   12 Credits selected from:
   11:709:352  Nutrition and Behavior (3)
   11:709:441  Community Nutrition (3)
   11:709:442  Nutrition Communication (3)
   11:709:443  Methods in Sensory Analysis (3)
   01:355:203  Business Writing Essentials (3) [WCD]
   11:373:231  Introduction to Marketing (3)
   11:373:331  Economics of Food Marketing Systems (3)
   11:373:241  Introduction to Management (3)
   11:373:371  Food, Health, and Safety Policy (3)
   11:375:403  Principles of Epidemiology (3)
   11:400:304  Food Analysis (4)
   11:400:412  Food Product Development (3)
   33:011:201  Introduction to Management for Nonbusiness Majors (3)
   33:011:202  Introduction to Marketing for Nonbusiness Majors (3)
   33:011:203  Introduction to Finance for Nonbusiness Majors (3)
   33:011:204  Principles of Business Law for Nonbusiness Majors (3)

  4. Community Nutrition (49)
   
   11:709:201,202  Culinary Nutrition, Lab (3,1)
   11:709:344  Quantity Food Production (3) (EBE])
   11:709:345  Nutrition through the Life Span (2)
   11:709:352  Nutrition and Behavior (3)
   11:709:441  Community Nutrition (3)
   11:709:442  Nutrition Communication (3)
   01:640:115  Precalculus (4) or equivalent [QR]
   01:355:315  Writing Grant Proposals (3) or 01:355:303  Writing for Business and the Professions (3) [WCD]
   04:567:215  Gender, Race, and Class in the Media (3)
   01:830:101  General Psychology (3) [SCL]
   10:832:201  Principles of Public Health (3) [QQ]
   10:832:212  Health Disparities (3)
   01:920:108  Minority Groups in American Society (3)
 
   Three Courses selected from:
   11:709:444  Management of Food Service Systems (3)
   11:709:363  World Food Customs and Nutrition (3)
   11:709:427  Obesity: Biology, Behavior, and Management (3)
   11:709:475  Nutrition and Fitness (3)
   11:193:413  Community Interventions in Obesity-Related Chronic Diseases (3)
   11:607:402  Building Community Partnerships (3)
   10:832:252  Health and Social Justice (3)
   01:377:377  Exercise and Aging (3)
   01:920:272  Sociology of the Family (3)    
   10:762/832:101  Introduction to Policy, Planning, and Health (3)
   10:762:304  Poverty in the United States (3)
   11:193:421  Wellness Behavior (3)
   11:374:341  Social and Ecological Aspects of Health and Disease (3)

  5. Nutrition, Food, and Business (60)

   11:709:201,202  Culinary Nutrition, Lab (3,1)
   11:709:344  Quantity Food Production (3)
   11:709:443  Methods in Sensory Analysis (3)
   11:709:444  Management of Food Service Systems (3)
   11:709:489  Experimental Foods (4)
   01:640:115  Precalculus (4) or equivalent [QQ]
   11:680:201,202  Introduction to Microbiology, Lab (3,1) or 01:119:131,132  Microbiology Health Science, Lab (3,1)
   01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
   01:355:203  Business Writing Essentials (3) [WCD]
   01:830:101  General Psychology (3)
   01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3) or equivalent [QR]
   11:020:442  Entrepreneurial Agriculture (3)
   11:373:121  Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3) or equivalent [SCL]
   11:373:231  Introduction to Marketing (3)
   11:373:323  Public Policy Toward the Food Industry (3)    
   11:373:341  Management: Human Systems Development (3) or 01:830:373  Organizational and Personnel Psychology (3)
   11:400:301  Food Processing Technologies (4)
   11:400:304  Food Analysis (4)

 
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