University of New Haven
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Minor in Nutrition
The minor in nutrition is highly desirable in today’s health-conscious marketplace and offers an opportunity for students to study personal nutrition, healthy eating for disease prevention or sports performance, food science, or cultural cuisine while strengthening their food preparation skills in the kitchen laboratory.
A total of 19 credits of nutrition-related coursework must be earned by a student to declare a minor in nutrition. This minor course of study has been approved by the Connecticut Division of Higher Education and includes the following required courses:
Required Courses
| BI 121 | General and Human Biology with Laboratory I |
| DI 215 | Principles of Nutrition |
| DI 342 | Healthy Food Preparation |
| Plus any three of the following courses (or others chosen in consultation with the director of the nutrition and dietetics program): | |
| DI 150 | Sports Nutrition |
| DI 200 | Food Science and Preparation with Laboratory |
| DI 214 | Menu Planning |
| DI 216 | Food Safety, Sanitation, and Procurement |
| DI 315 | Nutrition and Disease |
| HTM 304 | Volume Food Production and Service |
| HTM 307 | Cultural Understanding of Food and Cuisine |