Public Health and Community Nutrition Minor

The Public Health and Community Nutrition Minor provides students with foundational knowledge and skills to promote health, prevent nutrition-related diseases and conditions, and advocate for needed food and nutrition programs and services to help groups, communities, and populations. The minor consists of 18 credits including at least 6 credits from 300-level or higher courses. The minor provides a strong complement to extend specialized knowledge in public health and community nutrition for students in majors such as nursing, biology pre-medicine, public health, and political science.

Required Courses: 15

FDNT 145 - Personal Nutrition Credits: 3
FDNT 213 - Life Cycle Nutrition Credits: 3
FDNT 402 - Community Nutrition Credits: 3
FDNT 422 - Public Health Nutrition and Epidemiology Credits: 3
PUBH 122 - Foundations of Public Health Credits: 3

Controlled Electives: 3

FDNT 370 - Human Food Consumption Patterns Credits: 3
FDNT 415 - Sustainable Nutrition Credits: 3
FDNT 471 - Integrative Nutrition in Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Credits: 3

Total Required Credits: 18

(1) FDNT 212 Nutrition can substitute for FDNT 145 introduction to Nutrition.

(2) Students must attain a grade of “C” or better in each of the courses.

(3) Completion of th ePublic Healt and Community Nutrition minor or certificate does not guarantee entry into th eNutrition major. Students desiring the Dietetics track must have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA and grades in science and food and nutrition courses are a “C” or better.