Nutritional Sciences Undergraduate

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.

Advising

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

Curriculum

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.

Scholarships

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).

Dietetic Internship

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