Certificate & Degree Details

• Nutrition and Dietetics

  Business Division
  Degree S0422
  The Associate in Science in Nutrition and Dietetics for Transfer introduces students to the principles and methodologies used in the study of nutrition and dietetics. Students will acquire the foundational knowledge necessary to pursue post-secondary degrees in nutrition and dietetics. 
  To earn an Associate of Science in Nutrition for Transfer degree, a student must complete 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the CSU system that consist of the IGETC pattern or CSU GE breadth and a major of 18 units more. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework to receive an associate degree for transfer and all courses in the major must be completed with a C or better. Students earning an associate degree for transfer will not be required to complete any other local graduation requirements.

  Required Courses

  Course List

  Course Prefix	Course Name	Units
  Core Courses
  CHEM 50	General Chemistry I	5
  or CHEM 50H	General Chemistry I - Honors
  NF 25	Introduction to Nutrition Science	3
  or NF 25H	Introduction to Nutrition Science - Honors
  PSYC 1A	Introduction to Psychology	3
  or PSYC 1AH	Introduction to Psychology - Honors
  Choose one course from the following:		4-5
  MICR 1	Principles of Microbiology
  or MICR 22	Microbiology
  List A
  Choose two courses from the following:		7-8
  ANAT 10A	Introductory Human Anatomy 1
  or ANAT 10B	Introductory Human Physiology
  MATH 110	Elementary Statistics
  or MATH 110H	Elementary Statistics - Honors
  or PSYC 10	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
  List B
  Choose one course from the following:
  NF 20	Principles of Food with Laboratory	3
  NF 28	Cultural and Ethnic Foods	3
  Total Units for Major		25-27
  CSU General Education or IGETC Pattern 2		39-42
  Total Units		60

  ¹

  Students cannot be awarded credit for  

  ²

   Courses may be double-counted with either CSU-GE or IGETC.

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