Degree
The major in Foods and Nutrition offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary
study of the nature and quality of the food supply and the nutritional requirements
for health in people. Graduates are qualified to enter a dietetic internship
as preparation for careers in dietetics, and are qualified for careers in
food service management, food science technology, marketing of foods and nutritional
products. Graduates work in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics,
institutions, food companies, governmental agencies, and laboratories. Students
take core sequences of coursework in the areas of nutrition, food science,
and food management founded on prerequisite courses in chemistry, biology,
biochemistry, physiology, accounting, management, and the behavioral and social
sciences.
For information on the Nutritional Sciences undergraduate degree or the dietetics program, you may write, telephone, or e-mail requests for the appropriate information to the following advisor. Be sure to include relevant information for a response (e.g., return address, phone number). Before your contact the advisor, though, you should seek the information you want through this website and that of the University.
Undergraduate Office: ENS room 331
Spring 2008 Hours
Dr. Patterson - Undergraduate Faculty Advisor
Monday & Wednesday: 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Tuesday & Thursday: 1 - 4 PM
Selima Serna- Assistant Advisor
Monday: 8 - 10 AM (except May 5)
Tuesday & Thursday: 10 - 11:30 AM
*Please call (619) 594-5161 for any updates
E-mail address: ensugrad@mail.sdsu.edu (electronic contact with undergraduate advisors)
Students are invited to drop-in during office hours for advising. If the advisors are not available, degree information is available on advising sheets outside ENS 331.
Didactic Program Director
Joan Rupp, MS, RD (rupp@mail.sdsu.edu)
Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
Telephone: (760) 436-6162
Fax: (760) 436-6409
Dietetic Internship Director
Janet Ing Nash (jingnash@mail.sdsu.edu)
Office location: ENS 353
Telephone number: (619) 594-2416
Fax Number: (619) 594-6553
Students majoring in
foods and nutrition are required to:
1. Meet all University graduation requirements as listed in the General Catalog.
2. Complete the preparation and major courses listed below.
3. For the ADA DPD, complete all courses with an asterisk (*)
Preparation for the Major (42 Units)
| ACCT | *201 | (3) | Financial Accounting Fund | |
| BIO | *100 | (3) | General Biology | Reg in BIOL 100L |
| *100L | (1) | General Biology Laboratory | Credit or reg in BIOL 100 | |
| *210 | (4) | Fundamentals of Microbiology | Chemistry 100, 130, BIOL 100 | |
| CHEM | *100 | (4) | Intro to General Chemistry | |
| *130 | (3) | Elem. Organic Chemistry | CHEM 100 or 200 | |
| *160 | (3) | Introductory Biochemistry | CHEM 130 | |
| NUTR | *101 | (1) | Prof. Issues: Foods & Nutr | |
| *203 | (3) | Cultural Aspects of Foods & Nutr | ||
| *201 | (3) | Fundamentals of Nutrition | BIOL 100, CHEM 100 or 200 | |
| *205 | (5) | Food Preparation | CHEM 100, 130, NUTR 101 | |
| PSY | *101 | (3) | Intro to Psychology | |
| SOC | *101 | (3) | Intro to Sociology |
One Course From:
| ECON | *201 | (3) | Statistical Methods | ELM, Course in Inter. Algebra |
| STAT | *250 | (3) | Basic Statistical Methods | ELM, Math Exam, Part IA |
Major (40 Units):
| BIOL | *336# | (3) | Principles of Human Physiology | GE Foundations II.A.2. |
| ENS | *304 | (3) | Physiology of Exercise | NUTR 101, BIOL 336 |
| *304L | (1) | Exercise Physiology Lab | ENS 304 or reg in ENS 304 | |
| NUTR | *301 | (3) | Science of Foods | NUTR 204, 205, BIOL 210, 336 |
| *302 | (3) | Advanced Nutrition | Biochem course, Concurrent in NUTR 302L | |
| *302L | (2) | Advanced Nutrition Laboratory | Concurrent in NUTR 302 | |
| *303 | (2) | Quantity Food Production | NUTR 205 | |
| *303L | (1) | Quantity Foods Lab | NUTR 204 | |
| *304 | (3) | Nutrition Throughout Life Cycle | NUTR 204 | |
| *404 | (3) | Food Systems Management | NUTR 303 | |
| *405 | (3) | Experimental Food Science | NUTR 301 | |
| *406 | (4) | Diet Therapy | NUTR 302, 302L |
The remaining 9 units selected with the approval of advisor from:
| BIOL | 321 | (3) | Human Heredity | GE Foundations II.A.2. |
| CHEM | 361A | (3) | Fund. of Biochemistry | CHEM 231 |
| 361B | (3) | Fund. of Biochemistry | CHE 361A | |
| 567 | (2) | Biochemistry Lab | Credit or reg in CHEM 361 or 560A | |
| CHE | 470 | (3) | Communicable & NonC Diseases | |
| MGMT | 350 | (3) | Mngt & Organizational Behavior | Upper division status |
| 352 | (3) | Human Resource Management | MGMT 350 | |
| NUTR | 309 | (2) | Eating Disorders & Wt Control | Upper division status |
| *388 | (1) | Dietetic Practice I | NUTR 204, 205, & consent | |
| *407 | (1) | Medical Nutrition Therapy | Conc in Nutr 406 & consent | |
| *488 | (1) | Dietetic Practice II | NUTR 302, 303, 388 | |
| 491 | (1) | Res. Lit. in Foods & Nutrition | NUTR 301, 302, 302L | |
| 499 | (1-3) | Special Study | ||
| *510 | (3) | Nutr & Community Health | NUTR 302, 302L | |
| PSY | 321 | (3) | Organizational Psychology | PSY 101 |
# Biol 336 will also
satisfy three units of the General Education requirement (IV.A.)
## C or better grade required to register in NUTR 205.
Lab Fees: Fees are required for several science laboratories, including the
following courses in Foods and Nutrition: NUTR 205, 207, 302L, and 405.
All Exercise and Nutritional Sciences scholarships are now handled through the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (FA&S). For a complete listing of ENS scholarships, the eligibility requirements, and application forms and instructions, you must go to the FA&S website (http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/scholarship/index.html) directly. For additional questions, you can contact the FA&S office directly or the ENS Scholarships Committee Chair, Dr. Simon Marshall (smarshal@mail.sdsu.edu).
The San Diego State University Dietetic Internship Program status has been changed from continuing accreditation on leave of absence to accreditation withdrawn effective February 10, 2006 by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), 216 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60606-6995, (312) 899-5400:
Dietetic Internship
Director
Janet Ing Nash (jingnash@mail.sdsu.edu)
Office location: ENS 353
Telephone number: (619) 594-2416
Fax Number: (619) 594-6553
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