Program Overview
The degree of Bachelor of Science, with a major in family and consumer sciences or nutrition (dietetics, community nutrition, or nutrition science) requires successful completion of a minimum of 120 hours, including (1) the UCA Core: complete 38 hours to meet lower-division UCA Core requirements and complete upper-division UCA Core requirements using major, minor, or elective courses (2) degree requirements; (3) program/major requirements; and (4) supporting requirements. No minor is required.
Family and Consumer Sciences or Nutrition core courses are used to satisfy the lower-division UCA Core requirements in Responsible Living. Family and Consumer Sciences and Nutrition courses are used to satisfy the upper-division UCA Core requirements in Critical Inquiry, Communication, Diversity, and Responsible Living. To fulfill the UCA Core Capstone requirement, students seeking a degree in Dietetics will take NUTR 4335 Nutrition Senior Seminar; those seeking a degree in Community Nutrition will complete NUTR 4339 Community Nutrition Practicum; those seeking a degree in Nutrition Science will complete NUTR 4301 Research in Nutrition and Family Sciences, and those in Family and Consumer Sciences will complete FACS 4340 FCS Professional Practice.
Students who elect the BS in Nutrition Science will be eligible for application into professional degree programs such as Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and others. They also will be qualified to apply for lab technician and research jobs at various institutions (e.g., Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute).
Mathematics Pathway: First-time, first-year students majoring in Nutrition Science enter the College Algebra Pathway and must enroll in MATH 1390 during their first year of study, unless they have been awarded credit that completes their 1000-level math requirements.
Program Outline
Major requirements (43 hours):
- FACS 2341 Lifespan Development
- FACS 3311 Resource Management [UD UCA Core: C]
- FACS 3372 Personal and Family Finance [UD UCA Core: I, R]
- FACS 3356 Methods in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
- NUTR 1100 Introduction to the Dietetics Profession
- NUTR 1300 Foundations of Nutrition
- NUTR 2311 Meal Management
- NUTR 3310 Food Science
- NUTR 3350 Community Nutrition
- NUTR 3370 Lifecycle Nutrition I
- NUTR 3375 Lifecycle Nutrition II
- NUTR 3390 Nutrition and Metabolism
- NUTR 4301 Research in Nutrition and Family Sciences [UD UCA Core: Z] [Note 3]
- NUTR 4315 Sports Nutrition
- NUTR 4395 Nutrition: Contemporary Issues [UD UCA Core: D]
Additional degree requirements (28 hours)
- BIOL 2411 Microbiology in Human Affairs [ACTS: BIOL2004]
- BIOL Elective above BIOL 1440 (not Botany) [Note 4]
- BIOL 3406 Structure and Function of the Human Body I
- BIOL 3407 Structure and Function of the Human Body II
- PHYS 1410 College Physics 1 [ACTS: PHSC2014] [Note 4]
- PHYS 1420 College Physics 2 [ACTS: PHSC2024] [Note 4]
- CHEM 2450 Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry [ACTS: CHEM1224]
Supporting requirements (7 hours)
- H SC 3123 Medical Terminology
- PSYC 2330 Psychological Statistics (or another approved introductory statistics course)
- PSYC 3323 Abnormal Psychology
Note 3
Students participating in the University Scholars Program may substitute USCH 3320 for NUTR 4301. Students making this substitution must complete USCH 4320 for their upper-division UCA Core Capstone (Z) course.
Note 4
Students intending to apply to a graduate program in Occupational Therapy may choose an elective based on graduate program prerequisites.
Abbreviation Key – UCA Core Program
LD = Lower Division
UD = Upper Division
C = Effective Communication
D = Diversity
I = Critical Inquiry
R = Responsible Living
Z = Capstone Experience
