Nutrition Major, BS in Health and Human Sciences - Biomedical Nutrition Science 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 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

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

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 158 - Honors: Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours

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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 *

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

Term 2

• ^2,3 Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 168 - Honors: Cellular and Molecular Biology 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 *

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

Term 3

• BCMB 230 - Human Physiology 5 Credit Hours
• BIOL 220 - General Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
• ⁴  CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 250 - Human Anatomy 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 251 - Human Anatomy Laboratory 1 Credit Hours

Term 4

• BIOL 240 - General Genetics 4 Credit Hours
• ⁵  CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CLAS 273 - Medical Terminology 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 216 - World Foods 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  NUTR 302 - Life Span Nutrition 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ⁶  NUTR 311 - Physiological Biochemistry 4 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:

• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 117 - Honors: General Psychology 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 6

• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• BCMB 311 - Advanced Cellular Biology 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 314 - Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Integration 3 Credit Hours
• ⁶  NUTR 315 - Nutrition Assessment 2 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

• ³ Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ³ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ^1,7 Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• Select one course:

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

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• Select one course:

• NUTR 493 - Directed Study: Nutrition 1-3 Credit Hours (3 hours)
• NUTR 499 - Basic Training in Biomedical Research 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ³ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Unrestricted Electives 9 Credit Hours

• ⁶  NUTR 420 - Nutrition Research Design & Methods II 2 Credit Hours *

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Select any courses not already required for the major. Some pre-health tracks specifically require SOCI 120 *, PHYS 221 *, and PHYS 222 *. Students pursuing a health professional career may choose to complete the pre-health professions minor and should consult with their advisor, relevant pre-health guide, and undergraduate catalog in selecting electives to fulfill requirements. Students NOT pursuing a health professional career, should consult with their advisor in selecting electives. Course recommendations include NUTR (any 200+ not already required for the major), NUTR 412 , NUTR 415 *, NUTR 416 , and NUTR 493 ; BIOL (any 200+); BCMB (any 200+); KNS (any 200+); MICR (any 200+ not already required); EEB (any 200+ not already required); FDSC courses; ANSC 320 , ANSC 330 , ANSC 380 ; HDFS 210 *, HDFS 211 , HDFS 213 , or HDFS 240 ; PSYC 301 , PSYC 370 , PSYC 385 *, PSYC 445 , PSYC 450 , PSYC 459 , or PSYC 461 ;  PUBH 202 , PUBH 315 , PUBH 401 , or PUBH 420 .
2. Students pursuing a pre-health track should consult with their advisor and the relevant pre-health guide for Quantitative Reasoning  Elective recommendations/requirements.
3.  Select courses from the Volunteer Core  list. 
4. Students in some pre-health tracks are required to also take the lab class (CHEM 269 ) associated with CHEM 260  and should consult with their advisor and the relevant pre-health guide.
5. Students in some pre-health tracks are required to also take the lab class (CHEM 359 ) associated with CHEM 360  and should consult with their advisor and the relevant pre-health guide.
6. Must be taken at UTK.
7. Some pre-health tracks require SOCI 120 *, which also meets the Global Citizenship - US  Volunteer Core  requirement.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .