College Of Nursing

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics

COMMUNITY NUTRITION MAJOR

The major in community nutrition is designed to enable students to develop a thorough understanding of nutrition and the ability to communicate those principles to the public. The focus of the major is achieving and maintaining health, emphasizing changing nutritional needs throughout life. Graduates work cooperatively with other professionals in improving the overall health of individuals and communities. To progress and graduate in community nutrition, a student must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.2 and earn a 'C' or better in all required foods, nutrition, and science courses.

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCE

Students may graduate with a degree in Community Nutrition under Options A or B. Both Options allow the graduate to become a licensed nutritionist (LN) in the state of North Dakota. For either option, 125 credits are required for graduation. Additionally, the student must maintain a grade point average of 2.2 or higher and have a grade of "C" or better in all nutrition, foods and science courses taken to fulfill the major. The student may elect either a four semester (+ shown in sequence) or two semester (shown below) chemistry/biochemistry sequence. GER includes 9 credits in Arts & Humanities.

1st Semester - FALL
ENGL 110 College Composition I	3
CHEM 121 & Lab General Chemistry I/Lab	4
PSYC 111 Introduction to Psychology	3
NUTR 240 Fundamentals of Nutrition	3
MATH 103 College Algebra	3
Credits	16

2nd Semester - SPRING
ENGL 120/125 College Composition II or Technical & Business Writing	3
CHEM 122/L General Chemistry II/Lab	4
N&D 100 Intro to Nutrition & Dietetics	1
T&L 252 Child Development or PSYC 250 Developmental Psychology	3/4
GER	3
Credits	14/15

3rd Semester - FALL
ANAT 204/L Anatomy for Paramed Personnel/Lab	5
N&D 241 Maternal and Child Nutrition	2
N&D 242 Nutrition in the Aging Process	2
RHS 200 Helping Skills in Community Services	3
COMM 110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
Credits	15

4rd Semester - SPRING
CHEM 240/L Survey Organic Chem/Lab+	5
N&D 200 Nutrition Promotion Strategies	2
N&D 335 World Food Patterns	3
MRK 201 Personal Marketing	3
GER	3
Credits	16

5th Semester - FALL
PPT 301 Human Physiology	4
COMM 212 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication	3
N&D 220 Foodservice Safety and Sanitation	1
GER	3
Option A courses/Option B courses Electives	5
Credits	16

6th Semester - SPRING
BMB 301 Biochemistry+	3
SOC 326 Sociology Statistics or PSYC 241 Introduction to Statistics	3/4
Option A courses/Option B courses Electives	3
N&D 441 Advanced Nutrition	4
N&D 342 Community Nutrition	3
Credits	16/17

7th Semester - FALL
N&D 400 Professional Issues	2
N&D 494 Research in Nutrition & Dietetics	1
COMM 366 Business/Professional Speaking	3
N&D 498 Supervised Practice Experience	4
Option A courses/Option B courses Electives	6
Credits	16

8th Semester - SPRING
Option A courses/Option B courses Electives	15
Credits	15

+Two semester chemistry/biochemistry sequence includes:
CHEM 115/L Introductory Chemistry/Lab (4)
CHEM 116/L Intro to Organic & Biochemistry (4)

Option A includes:

N&D 260 Principles of Foods & Food Science (5)
*N&D 340 Foodservice Systems Production (2) and *N&D 440 Foodservice Systems Mgmt (1)
N&D 494 Research in Nutrition and Dietetics (2)

*OR MGMT 305 Managerial Concepts (3) may be substituted for N&D 340 and 440

Option B includes:

SOC 335 The Family (3)
N&D 348 Sports Nutrition (2) OR PEXS 327 Fitness for Life (3)
SOC 355 Drugs & Society (3) OR PPT 315 Human Pharm (3) OR PPT 410 Drugs Subj to Abuse (2)
SOC 352 Aging (3) OR Psyc 355 Adulthood and Aging (3)

NUTRITION MINOR

The Department offers a minor in Nutrition. Students complete a minimum of 20 hours of courses in nutrition, foods, and related topics. Consultation with a faculty member is recommended for the selection of courses that meet the student's interests and needs.

On-line UND academic catalog/course descriptions: http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/registrar/catalogs/catalog/ugdept/depts/nd.htm

Link to Schedule of Courses: http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/registrar/timeschedule/TimeSchedule.htm

Grand Forks, ND