The Minor in Nutrition will provide knowledge of the principles of nutrition that are needed to formulate balanced diets and to evaluate information and policies concerning foods and dietary practices. Students may select courses to emphasize human or animal nutrition or a combination of these.
The objectives for students pursuing the Nutrition Minor are to:
- acquire an understanding of the functions of the nutrients in the health of humans and/or animals,
- to learn to formulate nutritionally balanced diets for humans and/or animals, and
- to learn to apply nutritional principles in the evaluation of information and policies concerning foods and dietary practices.