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
A degree in Food and Nutritional Sciences will prepare you for careers in nutrition, health care
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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