Food and Nutrition Major (FN), BS

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All students interested in food, nutrition, and/or applied dietetics practice will start in the food and nutrition major program. Students who choose not to apply to the accelerated program in applied dietetics practice and want a career utilizing the knowledge of food and nutrition will now have a separate option at the undergraduate level that leads to a variety of careers. This program also includes an 18-hour minor requirement.

This major allows courses to be shared with a minor from the same department.

Liberal Arts: 35 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts program. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major.

BIOL 1200 , CHEM 1010/1010L , and MATH 1200 or MATH 1330 satisfy 9 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning.
FCS 2050 satisfies 3 hours of Self and Society.

Major: 59 Hours

FCS Program Core: 7 Hours

FCS 1000 - Family and Consumer Sciences as a Profession Credit Hours: 1
FCS 2050 - Families in Global Society Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4250 - Administration, Leadership, and Management Credit Hours: 3

Food and Nutrition: 52 Hours

BIOL 1200 - Human Structure and Function Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 3400/3400L - Microbiology Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 1010/1010L - General Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 2110 - Organic and Biological Chemistry Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 2110L - LAB: Organic and Biological Chemistry Credit Hours: 1
CHEM 3820 - Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology Credit Hours: 3
FCS 1020/1020L - Culinary Skills and Food Science I Credit Hours: 3
FCS 2400/2400L - Family Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3000 - Nutrition Practicum Credit Hours: 2
FCS 3020/3020L - Culinary Skills and Food Science II Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3300 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 1
FCS 3310 - Human Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3320 - Life Cycle Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
FCS 3380 - Sports Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4020 - Professional Ethics Credit Hours: 2
FCS 4350/4350L - Quantity Food Production Credit Hours: 3
FCS 4650 - Research in Family and Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 2
MATH 1200 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1330 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3

Minor: 18 Hours

Remaining Bible/Electives: 8 Hours

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