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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Dietetics, B.S. 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Dietetics Option B requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

This 4-year plan assumes CHE 104 and CHE 108 completion.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
UK 101 - Academic Orientation 1 - 2 Credit Hours (optional)
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours
CHE 104 - Introductory General Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
BIO 148 - Introductory Biology I 3 Credit Hours
CHE 108 - Introduction to Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry Without Laboratory 3 Credit Hours
DHN 212 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
DHN 241 - Food Service Sanitation 1 Credit Hours
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 Credit Hours

Year 2

First Semester

BIO 208 - Principles of Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
CLA 131 - Medical Terminology From Greek and Latin 3 Credit Hours
DHN 210 - Discovering Balance: A Personal Journey Towards Health and Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology 4 Credit Hours
STA 210 - Making Sense of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours
OR
STA 296 - Statistical Methods and Motivations 3 Credit Hours
OR
BST 230 - Statistical Thinking in Public Health 3 Credit Hours

Second Semester

DHN 302 - Principles of Food Preparation 3 Credit Hours
DHN 315 - Nutrition Issues in Physical Activity 3 Credit Hours
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I 3 Credit Hours
PGY 206 - Elementary Physiology 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3
Professional Support Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

DHN 301 - Dietetics Practice 1 Credit Hours
DHN 311 - Nutritional Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
DHN 312 - Life Cycle and Community Nutrition I 3 Credit Hours
DHN 374 - Research and Writing in Dietetics 3 Credit Hours
DHN 593 - Introduction to Culinary Medicine 3 Credit Hours
Professional Support Credit(s): 6

Second Semester

DHN 313 - Life Cycle and Community Nutrition II 3 Credit Hours
DHN 346 - Management for Food Industries 3 Credit Hours
DHN 480 - Dietetics Pre-Professional Practice 1 Credit Hours
DHN 510 - Advanced Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
DHN 512 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I 4 Credit Hours
Professional Support Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

DHN 342 - Quantity Food Production 4 Credit Hours
DHN 408 - Seminar in Dietetics and Human Nutrition 1 Credit Hours
DHN 514 - Dietetics: Counseling and Communication Theories and Applications 3 Credit Hours
DHN 517 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3
Professional Support Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 1-2

Second Semester

DHN 580 - Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice in Dietetics 3 Credit Hours
DHN 598 - Global Foods, Diet and Culture 3 Credit Hours
DHN 605 FOOD SYSTEMS AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
DHN 608 CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND PROCESS Credit(s): 3