Nutrition and Foods - Nutrition and Wellness

If you are interested in having a broad-based degree in nutrition but do not plan to become a registered dietitian, this concentration may interest you. Students will have the ability to take a variety of general nutrition, community and food systems, public health and science courses and choose a minor of their choice to complement personal educational and career goals.

The program trains nutrition and wellness professionals who:

• Understand the basic role of nutrition in the development and prevention of chronic diseases in communities across the lifecycle.
• Understand the socio-environmental factors, determinants of health and health disparities that impact the accessibility, availability, adequacy and safety of food, nutrition and water systems in communities, and the relationship between these systems and health outcomes.
• Demonstrate skills in the health assessment of communities, with a focus on community and public health nutrition, food systems and security, and local to global health outcomes.
• Understand and value the role of public health nutrition policy in influencing the food environment at local, state, national and international levels.

• Complete an application (apply using the Common Application)
• Provide your official high school transcript(s)
• Provide your official or unofficial college transcript(s) for any completed college coursework*
• Submit $65 application fee (or approved fee waiver)
• Submit official or self-reported SAT (school code: 5010) or ACT (school code: 3062) scores (or apply with a test waiver)
• Complete your FAFSA (application opens Oct. 1; school code: 002906)