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BS - Nutritional Science

Students may pursue the BS - Nutritional Science without an area of concentration (general degree). This alternate plan will prepare students for careers in Nutrition Science, Sports Nutrition, Food Management, Nutrition Education (does not qualify students to become credentialed teachers). Departmental advising (408-924-3100) is required in order to avoid taking additional supporting courses. These academic plans do not meet the requirements of the American Dietetic Association or the Institute of Food Technologists.

Supporting Courses:

ENVS 001 Introduction to Environmental Issues
MICR 020 General Bacteriology
PSYC 001 General Psychology
STAT 095 Elementary Statistics
   OR
HS 067 Introductory Health Statistics

Major Core:

NUFS 008 Nutrition for the Health Professions
NUFS 031 Professionalism in Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging

Select One Emphasis from the following:

For the emphasis in Nutrition Science, add:

CHEM 1A and CHEM 1B General Chemistry
Sequence must be complete
CHEM 008 Organic Chemistry
BIOL 065 Human Anatomy
BIOL 066 Human Physiology

For the emphasis in Nutrition Education, add:

BIOL 021 Human Biology
CHEM 030A Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 030B Introductory Chemistry

For the emphasis in Sports Nutrition, add:

BIOL 066 Human Physiology
CHEM 030A Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 030B Introductory Chemistry

For the emphasis in Food Management, add:

NUFS 020 Sanitation and Environmental Issues in the Hospitality Industry
NUFS 022 Catering and Beverage Management
NUFS 025 Internship in Foodservice Management
BIOL 021 Human Biology
BUS 020N Survey of Accounting
CHEM 030A Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 030B Introductory Chemistry
ECON 001A Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
   OR
ECON 001B Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
NUFS 012 Food, Beverage and Labor Cost Control Systems
   OR
NUFS 023 Culinary Concepts
   OR
HRTM 023 Culinary Concepts

For the emphasis in Environmental Food and Health Specialist take:

NUFS 020 Sanitation and Environmental Issues in the Hospitality Industry
CHEM 1A and CHEM 1B General Chemistry
Sequence must be complete
CHEM 030A Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 030B Introductory Chemistry
PHYS 002A Fundamentals of Physics
PHYS 002B Fundamentals of Physics
MATH 008 College Algebra and Trigonometry
BIOL 020 Ecological Biology
BIOL 021 Human Biology

All students must satisfy the following prerequisite (or equivalent) prior to registering for the WST and 100W courses at SJSU {Academic Senate policy S05-8}:

ENGL 001B Composition 2
A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable).
or
Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course
A course articulated to SJSU's English 1B is recommended, however any course approved for the IGETC second semester composition area would be accepted to meet this requirement (a grade of "C" or better is required).

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