University of Pennsylvania SON/SAS Joint Minor in Nutrition
The Minor consists of a minimum of 6 courses taken for a grade, chosen from the list below.
Core Courses (1 per category)
Basic Nutrition
NURS 54
Principles of Human Nutrition (F, S)
NURS 112
Nutrition Science & Applications (F, S)
Scientific Basis of Nutrition
Each course below counts as 1 core Nutrition course, though 1.5 CU may be involved
BIOL 101
Intro to Biology (F, S)
BIOL 121
Intro to Biomolecules, Biology of Life (F)
NURS 40
General/Organic Chemistry (F)
Advanced Nutrition
NURS 517
Advanced Nutrition & Metabolism (S)
Elective courses (at least 3)
International Nutrition & Hunger
NURS 316/516
Political Economy of World Hunger (S)
HIST 388
Hunger, Poverty, Market Economy (F)
Nutrition, Behavior & Exercise
NURS 313/513
Obesity and Society (F)
NURS 376
Nutrition, Exercise and Fitness (F)
PSCI/HSOC 135
Politics of Food (F)
PSCI/HSOC 335
Healthy Schools (S)
PSYCH 127
Physiology Motivated Behavior (S)
PSYCH 262
Abnormal Psych: Body Image (S)*
* Focus your paper on nutrition topic
Life Cycle Nutrition
NURS 375
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (F)
Nutrition Culture & Evolution
ANTH 184
Food and Culture (S)
ANTH 359
Nutritional Anthropology (F)
FOLK 444
Foodways (S)
Clinical Nutrition
NURS 365
Case Analysis in Clinical Nutrition (S)