Nutrition & Food, Minor College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

The Department of Nutrition offers three minor programs open to students majoring in other disciplines who wish to complement their study programs with a concentration in the area of food and nutrition.

Minor Advisor

Advising for the minor and course offerings is located in the Nutrition Academic Advising Center in 3202 Meyer Hall; 530-752-2512; 530-752-7094.

Note: If the student’s major program requires the same course in biochemistry and physiology, only one of the courses may duplicate credit toward the minor. The program lists replacement courses below which can be used to fulfill the minimum unit requirement.
Preparation
Plan in advance to include the required course prerequisites.
Nutrition
NUT 111AYIntroduction to Nutrition & Metabolism3
NUT 111BRecommendations & Standards for Human Nutrition2
NUT 120ANNutritional Anthropology4
or NUT 120BN Nutritional Geography
Food Science & Technology
FST 100AFood Chemistry4
FST 100BFood Properties4
Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior
NPB 101Systemic Physiology5
Replacement Courses
See note above.
Developmental Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition Practicum
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition Practicum
Clinical Nutrition
Total Units22