Nutrition Major, BS in Health and Human Sciences - Dietetics Concentration

Campus

Knoxville

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• ¹ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *
• ² Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• NUTR 100 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

• or

• CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• ² Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Global Citizenship – US  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Select one course:

• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 117 - Honors: General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *

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• Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

• CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 133 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

• or

• CHEM 138 - Honors: General Chemistry II 4 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ² Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• BCMB 230 - Human Physiology 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 247 - Honors: Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ³ Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• MICR 210 - Allied Health Microbiology 3 Credit Hours *

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• ³ Select one course:

• AGNR 180 - Global Dynamics: Food, Biodiversity, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *
• NUTR 216 - World Foods 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• ENGL 255 - Public Writing 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 257 - Honors: Public Writing 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 295 - Writing in the Workplace 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 360 - Technical and Professional Writing 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *
• STAT 207 - Honors: Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ⁵ Approved culinary arts or food science course 3 Credit Hours

• CLAS 273 - Medical Terminology 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 311 - Physiological Biochemistry 4 Credit Hours
• PUBH 201 - Introduction to Public Health 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• NUTR 200 - Introduction to Sports Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
• KNS 250 - Lifetime Physical Fitness 3 Credit Hours
• KNS 350 - Physical Activity Epidemiology 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• NUTR 302 - Life Span Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 314 - Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Integration 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 315 - Nutrition Assessment 2 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 316 - Nutrition Assessment Practicum 1 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  NUTR 320 - Nutrition Research Design and Methods I 2 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 321 - Vitamins in Human Nutrition 1.5 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 322 - Minerals in Human Nutrition 1.5 Credit Hours

Term 7

• HTM 210 - Foodservice Operations Management 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 410 - Professional Issues in Nutrition and Dietetics 1 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 412 - Food and Nutrition in the Community 3 Credit Hours
• ^{6, 8}  NUTR 413S - Food and Nutrition in the Community Practicum 1 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  NUTR 415 - Clinical Nutrition I 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  NUTR 422 - Nutrition Education & Counseling 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 425 - Clinical Nutrition I Practicum 1 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 430 - Foodservice Management Practicum 1 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ⁶  NUTR 403 - Nutrition and Dietetics Management 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 416 - Clinical Nutrition II 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 420 - Nutrition Research Design & Methods II 2 Credit Hours *

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• Select five hours:

• ^{6, 9}  NUTR 426 - Clinical Nutrition II Practicum 2 Credit Hours and
• ⁸  HTM 445 - Restaurant and Catering Management and Execution 3 Credit Hours

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• ² Unrestricted Electives 5 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120-121

Footnotes

1. Select any Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  courses not already required for the major.
2. Select courses from the Volunteer Core * list.
3. Fulfills Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  requirement. Alternative courses may be considered to meet this requirement upon request, provided that students consult with their academic advisor.
4. Select any courses not already required for the major.
5. Select from FDSC 100 *, FDSC 241 , or HTM 101 .
6. Must be taken at UT.
7. At the completion of term 6 – Students meeting eligibility requirements may apply for the accelerated combined bachelor’s/master’s program to pursue the M.S. Program in Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Concentration, or continue on in the traditional Dietetics Concentration.
8. This course requirement is waived for students accepted to the accelerated combined bachelor’s/master’s in program to pursue the M.S. in Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics concentration who are not in the Service Learning Honors program as associated competencies will be completed in a graduate course.
9. Students accepted to the accelerated combined bachelor’s/master’s program to pursue the M.S. in Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics concentration, must enroll in HTM 445  and approved graduate coursework.

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.