The Department of Nutritional Sciences offers the Bachelor of Science Degree in Nutritional Sciences. The course of study provides a basic core for all students in the program and yet offers flexibility for pursuing career goals. The curriculum allows students to complete the general education and basic science courses in the first two years. During the last two years, students, along with their advisors, select courses, which prepare them to become dietitians or nutritionist. The Bachelor of Science is Degree is offered with emphases in Community Nutrition, Human Nutrition and Food, and the fully accredited Coordinated Undergraduate Program in Dietetics. The department also offers a three semester verification program for individuals to complete the practicum requirement for dietetic registration.  More than three semesters may be needed to complete the verification program if the student needs to take additional courses.

The field of Nutritional Sciences is versatile in that its graduates function professionally as dietitians or nutritionists. The dietitian/nutritionist is responsible for translating the art and science of nutrition into sound practices for educating the population about the relationship between good nutrition and optimum health, and for assessing, planning, and evaluating the nutritional status of the population. With increasing recognition of the important role that nutrition plays in the prevention and treatment of health problems, dietitians and nutritionists are increasingly in demand. Dietitian/nutritionists practice in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, extended care facilities, public health agencies, community programs public and private industry, and research settings. The dietitian when functioning as the food service manager helps the food market to insure a safe and nutritional food supply. Graduates are prepared to function as teachers, researchers, consultants, clinicians, food service administrators, case managers, corporate personnel, and community educators.

With increasing recognition of the association between diet and disease and the importance of diet in health promotion, nutritionists and dietetics are needed to participate in research to clarify issues of diet and disease, to educate the public on ways to promote health through diet, and to educate individuals suffering from chronic diseases on ways to incorporate dietary modifications into their lifestyles.

• Dietetics
• Community Nutrition
• Human Nutrition and Food (including pre-medicine and pre-dentistry emphases)

The Coordinated Dietetics Program is accredited by the American Dietetics Association Commission on Accreditation/Approval of Dietetic Education, a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council on Post Secondary Accreditation and the United states Department of Education.