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Major Concentrations

Elevate your degree and tailor your education to your career goals with our new and updated Nutrition Major Concentrations. Each 9-credit hour concentration allows you to fulfill your major electives while building specialized expertise in high-growth fields.

New Specialized Concentrations

Each new concentration requires three targeted 3-credit hour courses:

  • Nutrition for Women and Children
    • NTRN 320 Women's Wellness: From Food and Nutrition to Reproductive Health and Aging
    • NTRN 328 Child Nutrition, Development and Health
    • NTRN 350 Community Nutrition
  • Lifestyle and Preventive Medicine
    • NTRN 300 Healthy Lifestyles as Preventive Medicine
    • NTRN 310 Understanding Plant-Based Diets in Health and Disease
    • NTRN 341 Food as Medicine: How What We Eat Influences How We Feel, Think, and Our Health Status
  • Sports Nutrition
    • NTRN 338 Dietary Supplements
    • NTRN 362 Exercise Physiology and Macronutrient Metabolism
    • NTRN 388 Sports & Performance Nutrition

Clinical Nutrition Concentration

Designed for pre-health students and prospective clinical practitioners, this flexible track requires selecting three courses from the following clinical options:

  • NTRN 320 Women's Wellness: From Food and Nutrition to Reproductive Health and Aging
  • NTRN 328 Child Nutrition, Development and Health
  • NTRN 337 Nutrition Communication, Counseling and Behavior Change Strategies
  • NTRN 356 Obesity – Addressing the Epidemic through Nutrition, Drugs, and Bariatric Surgery
  • NTRN 365 Nutrition for the Prevention and Management of Disease: Pathophysiology

Ready to declare or adapt your track? Contact your academic advisor to incorporate a concentration into your course plan for the upcoming semester.