Nutrition Minor

The minor in Nutrition is for students interested in the field of nutrition and well-being. The program consists of a foundation in food, nutrition and disease prevention as it relates to one’s health.

Twenty to twenty-one (20-21) units are required for this minor, including the following lower and upper-division courses:

Lower-Division Requirements

FCS 110 - Fundamentals of Food (2)
FCS 150 - Human Development (3)
FCS 225 - Fundamentals of Nutrition (3)

Total: 8 Units

Upper-Division Requirements

FCS 300 - Food Economics and Management (2)
FCS 303 - Cultural Foods (2)
FCS 305 - Life Cycle Nutrition (4)
FCS 340 - Nutrition in Women’s Wellbeing (WS) (2)

Take one (1) additional course from the following:

FCS 315 - Personal, Family, and Community Health (GE) (3)
FCS 425 - Child and Adolescent Nutrition (3)
FCS 435 - Food Service Production and Management (3)
FCS 445 - Catering (2)

Nutrition Minor

Lower-Division Requirements

Total: 8 Units

Upper-Division Requirements

Take one (1) additional course from the following:

Total: 12-13 Units

Minor Total: 20-21 Units