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Merge Your Interests in Food & the Environment

Applied Nutrition Environmental Nutrition Concentration

The environmental nutrition concentration in the Applied Nutrition major is for students interested in sustainability, agriculture, wellness, and food policy careers.

Graduates with the environmental nutrition concentration seek careers in nutrition, food policy, agriculture, and government and non-government organizations that impact health and sustainability. Graduates are also prepared for graduate study in a wide range of fields.

Also Earn the Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Resilience Certificate

µÛÍõ»áËù nutrition students work at the community garden
Nutrition students work at the community garden.

The concentration’s curriculum also fulfills the requirements for earning an Undergraduate Certificate in Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Resilience Certificate (CTESRC). The Environmental Studies Sustainability and Resilience Certificate is an opportunity for students to earn recognition for taking a cross-section of environmentally themed courses from a variety of disciplines.

Get to Graduate School Faster with the Accelerated Graduate Pathway

Outstanding incoming environmental nutrition students — 3.5 high school GPA and a minimum 24 ACT (composite) or 1150 SAT (composite) — may enter the accelerated pathway. This pathway offers students early assurance into the Master of Science in Food and Nutrition Sciences at µÛÍõ»áËù and an opportunity to earn 7 graduate hours during their undergraduate studies. 

The program provides outstanding students the opportunity to earn a B.S. in Environmental Nutrition with a Certificate in Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Resiliency and early admission to the M.S. in Food and Nutrition Sciences program.  Students who have maintained a 3.3 or higher GPA over 60 credit hours with C or better grades in all required coursework, inclusive of 15 credit hours of nutrition coursework with B or better grades, enter the accelerated pathway and are assured entry into the M.S. program upon conferral of the B.S. degree.  

Environmental Nutrition Concentration Courses

In addition to their required Nutrition courses, students complete a variety of environment-related courses across several departments:

  • BIOS 2750 - Ecology in the 21st Century Credit Hours: 3
  • CHEM 1205 - Survey of Chemistry for Health Sciences Credit Hours: 4
  • CHEM 1205L - Survey of Chemistry for Health Sciences Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
  • ECON 1030 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
  • ECON 1040 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
  • EH 2000 - Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety Credit Hours: 3
  • EH 3040 - Environmental Health in Appalachia Credit Hours: 3
  • ES 3620 - Environmental Science and Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
  • ES 4910 - Environmental Studies Leadership Experience Credit Hours: 1 - 5
  • GEOG 3330 - Appalachia: Land and People Credit Hours: 3
  • NUTR 2400: Food and Health Credit Hours: 3
  • NUTR 3920 - Field Experience in Culinary and Environmental Nutrition Credit Hours: 4
  • NUTR 4970 - Seminar in Environmental Nutrition Credit Hours: 1
  • PBIO 1030 - Plants and People Credit Hours: 3

Students also complete an upper-level Economics course plus an additional Geography course.