DPD Program
Course Requirements List
BIOC 307/407  |  Biochemistry  |   4 credit hours
BIOL 343  |  Microbiology  |  3 credit hours
BIOL 348/448  |  Human Physiology  |  3 - 4 credit hours
   or BIOL 216   |  3 - 4 credit hours
CHEM 223  |  Organic Chemistry  |  3 credit hours
ENGL 150  |  Expository Writing  |  3 credit hours
EDUC 304/404  |  Educational Psychology  |  3 credit hours
     or PSCL 353  |  Psychology of Learning  |  3 credit hours
     or PSCL 357  |  Cognitive Psychology      |  3 credit hours
NTRN 201  |  Nutrition  |  3 credit hours
NTRN 342  |  Food Science  |  5 credit hours
NTRN 343  |  Dietary Patterns  |  3 credit hours
NTRN 351/451  |  Food Service Systems Management  |  3 credit hours
NTRN 360  |  Guided Study in Nutrition Practice  |  3 credit hours
NTRTN 363/433  |  Human Nutrition I  |  3 - 4 credit hours
NTRN 364/434  |  Human Nutrition II  |  3 credit hours
NTRN 365  |  Nutrition in Disease  |  4 credit hours
NTRN 550A  |  Adv. Community Nutrition  |  3 credit hours
or
NTRN 528  |  Intro to Public Health Nutrition  |  3 credit hours
SOCI 112  |  Intro to Sociology  |  3 credit hours
ANTH 215      |  Intro to Med. Anthropology        |  3 credit hours
or SOCI 311   |  Health, Illness, Social Behavior  |  3 credit hours
or ANTH 480  |  Anth. of Health and Illness I       |  3 credit hours
STAT 201, 243, 312, or 313  |  Basic Statistics I  |  3 credit hours
                                                      or EPBI 431  |  3 credit hours

Additional Requirement: Exercise Physiology - "Diet in Work and Exercise Performance"F, S  Shils et al. (1999) Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 9th. Ed., Ch. 47). Reading, demonstrated knowledge of exercise; no credit, but completion recorded in students file - DPD director will proctor. Note: students may also meet requirement by taking NTRN 388/460.


F = Fall;   S = Spring