SCI 180 - Discovering Nutrition

Semester Hours: 4

Discovering Nutrition is fundamental course in human nutrition. The primary goal of the course is to expose students to current nutritional information, guidelines, and dietary practices to improve and maintain health. Course content includes nutritional needs of childbearing women, infants, children, teens, and older adults. The course also reviews malnutrition issues in the United States as well as throughout the world and concludes with current science on food safety, technology in food preservation, and genetically engineered foods.