Food and Nutritional Sciences

Food and nutritional sciences are focused on human nutrition and health, food service, food safety and quality, and the science of food product development. Students take courses in chemistry, microbiology, nursing and human development, as well as nutrition and health.

A degree in Food and Nutritional Sciences will prepare you for careers in nutrition, health care and food services. The degree also prepares students for research and development professions that apply technology to develop new foods, and improve the quality and safety of food products and services.

The Food and Nutritional Sciences program offers the following undergraduate and graduate degrees:

B.S. in Food and Nutritional Sciences, Concentration in Food Science. This curriculum emphasizes the importance of product development, and emphasizes food composite sensing, processing, preservation, marketing, and food safety. This major will prepare you for careers in food technology, compliance management, food chemistry, food product development, sensory science, regulatory fields, quality assurance, food safety and inspection and more.
B.S. in Food and Nutritional Sciences, Concentration in Human Nutrition. The curriculum stresses the importance and maintenance of good nutrition throughout the life cycle as it relates to health and disease. Students selecting this concentration will choose to focus on nutrition or pre-medicine. The nutrition cognate provides academic preparation for students who plan to work in careers including nutrition education, community nutrition, school nutrition or Cooperative Extension, as well as preparation for students who plan to attend graduate school to become Registered Dietitians. The pre-medicine cognate prepares students who plan to attend medical or dental school upon graduation.
M.S. Food and Nutritional Sciences.This curriculum prepares graduate students for careers in research, quality control, college instruction, community nutrition, food industries, and with Cooperative Extension and other public service agencies.

Please contact the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences to arrange a tour of our facilities and to find out which degree is the best fit for your career goals.

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Largest HBCU

N.C. A&T is the largest public HBCU in the nation
Engineering

N.C. A&T is the No. 1 producer of engineering degrees on the undergraduate level awarded to African Americans.
Admired CEO

Chancellor Harold Martin Sr. is named among the Triad’s Most Admired CEOs by the Triad Business Journal.
Academic Excellence

The university’s Center for Academic Studies in Identify Science is the first and only National Intelligence Science and Technology CASIS in the United States.
Higher Research Activity

N.C. A&T is classified as an R2: Doctoral University of Higher Research Activity by the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Teaching / Research

N.C. A&T is the highest-ranked public school for combining research and teaching by the Wall Street Journal.
Engineering Professor and Student

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2016 MEAC Champs

N.C. A&T Women’s Basketball team are the 2016 MEAC Champions
Bowl Champs

Aggies win 2015 Inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl and Black National Championship.
Tarik Cohen

Running back Tarik Cohen broke the university and MEAC record becoming the MEAC all-time leading rusher.
Hall of Fame

The 1968 Aggies football team was inducted into the N.C. A&T Sports Hall of Fame as the first A&T team to win a black college national championship.
Aggie Track & Field

Three track & field athletes are named to the NCAA All-Academic team for excellence in their events and in the classroom; maintaining a minimum 3.25 GPA.
Kim Terrell-Kearney

Former professional bowler Kim Terrell-Kearney named N.C. A&T bowling coach
Track & Field Ranking

The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ranked A&T men’s track and field team among the top-25 in program history.

Gail Wiggins

JOMC Professor Gail Wiggins selected as the NABJ Educator of the Year
PALO! Lyceum Series

The Band PALO! performed at N.C. A&T for the Lyceum Series
CD - Jazz Preeminence

A&T Theatre arts performs first production of “Radio Golf” by African American playwright August Wilson.
Theatre

The Theatre Program at A&T was the first accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at an HBCU in North Carolina; second in the nation.
Black Nativity performances

The Theatre Arts Program is nationally ranked by Black Broadway as one of the top five Theatre Arts programs for African American students
Travis Alexander

Travis W. Alexander has been named National Conductor for the 105 Voices Of History National Concert Choir

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Largest HBCU

Engineering

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Academic Excellence

Higher Research Activity

Teaching / Research

Engineering Professor and Student

2016 MEAC Champs

Bowl Champs

Tarik Cohen

Hall of Fame

Aggie Track & Field

Kim Terrell-Kearney

Track & Field Ranking

Gail Wiggins

PALO! Lyceum Series

CD - Jazz Preeminence

Theatre

Black Nativity performances

Travis Alexander