Nutrition (BS)

Program Educational Goals

The program will prepare students who will:

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the biological and chemical sciences that serve as a foundational basis for understanding the role of food composition and nutrient metabolism.
2. Demonstrate introductory proficiency in understanding the psychological basis of human behavior.
3. Demonstrate proficiency in understanding food selection and preparation as related to chemical and physical composition and properties of food, as well as methods to achieve desirable sensory and nutritional attributes.
4. Develop a greater awareness and understanding of how discrimination, structural bias, and social inequities have developed over time to create the health disparities seen today, and describe how these may be overcome to achieve health equity.
5. Demonstrate the ability to integrate the biological and social sciences thereby allowing for a whole person approach to nutrition and health across the lifespan.
6. Describe population-based guidelines and nutrition assistance programs that champion nutrition across the lifespan. 
7. Demonstrate the ability to identify and critically evaluate the evidence-base for a current topic in nutrition.
8. Demonstrate an understanding of the nutrition field, its intersection with other professions, and prospective post-baccalaureate career paths, including employment or graduate study. 
9. Demonstrate proficiency of nutrient metabolism and the scientific basis of nutrient requirements throughout the life cycle. 
10. Demonstrate the ability to identify, critically evaluate, and synthesize, peer-reviewed nutrition related research.