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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Human Nutrition 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

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
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
BIO 148 - Introductory Biology I 3 Credit Hours
CHE 105 - General College Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours
CHE 111 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours (with CHE 105 fulfills UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
UK 101 - Academic Orientation 1 - 2 Credit Hours (optional)

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
BIO 152 - Introductory Biology II 3 Credit Hours
BIO 155 - Biological Research Skills Lab 1 Credit Hours
CHE 107 - General College Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
CHE 113 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
CHE 197 - General Chemistry Workshop II 1 Credit Hours (optional)
PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology 4 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Social Sciences)

Year 2

First Semester

BIO 208 - Principles of Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
CHE 230 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours
CHE 231 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1 Credit Hours
DHN 212 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
DHN 241 - Food Service Sanitation 1 Credit Hours
MA 123 - Elementary Calculus and its Applications 4 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)

Second Semester

CHE 232 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
CHE 233 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 1 Credit Hours
DHN 210 - Discovering Balance: A Personal Journey Towards Health and Nutrition 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Arts and Creativity)
DHN 302 - Principles of Food Preparation 3 Credit Hours
PGY 206 - Elementary Physiology 3 Credit Hours
STA 296 - Statistical Methods and Motivations 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning)

Year 3

First Semester

DHN 311 - Nutritional Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
DHN 312 - Life Cycle and Community Nutrition I 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3
Professional Support Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

DHN 313 - Life Cycle and Community Nutrition II 3 Credit Hours
DHN 315 - Nutrition Issues in Physical Activity 3 Credit Hours
DHN 510 - Advanced Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
Professional Support Elective Credit(s): 3
Professional Support Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

ANA 209 - Principles of Human Anatomy 3 Credit Hours
DHN 474 - Research in Nutrition: Theory 3 Credit Hours
DHN 593 - Introduction to Culinary Medicine 3 Credit Hours
PHI 305 - Health Care Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Professional Support Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

DHN 318 - Hunger, Food Behavior, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
DHN 408 - Seminar in Dietetics and Human Nutrition 1 Credit Hours
DHN 475 - Research in Nutrition: Application 3 Credit Hours
Professional Support Elective Credit(s): 3
Professional Support Elective Credit(s): 3
Free Elective Credit(s): 1-3