Bachelor of Arts in Nutrition and Food Science

Wayne State's Bachelor of Arts in Nutrition and Food Science prepares students who are interested in non-technical positions in the fields of nutrition and food science. These include sales, food service management, customer relations and more.

Elective courses from the business school or community colleges may be applied. Employment opportunities include school or university food service, industrial and commercial food service, hospitals, nursing homes and extended care facilities.

Honors program

The Bachelor of Arts in Nutrition and Food Science with honors curriculum challenges highly motivated students through their outstanding scholastic achievement and develops interest in research and scholarly activity by providing students with an opportunity to work with faculty members. Additional coursework is required to graduate with honors.

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Plan of work

• Sample plan

  This sample plan of work represents one path to degree completion and does not guarantee graduation by the proposed timeline subject to student performance and class availability. Students are advised to meet with their advisor to develop an individualized plan of work.

  First-year, semester one

  Course #	Title	Credits
  BIO 1510	Basic Life Mechanisms	4
  ENG 1020	Introductory College Writing (BC)	3
  NFS 2030	Nutrition & Health	3
  MAT 1050	Algebra with Trigonometry	5
  Total		15

  First-year, semester two

  Course #	Title	Credits
  BIO 2200	Intro Microbiology	5
  CHM 1220	General Chemistry	4
  CHM 1230	General Chemistry Lab	1
  SOC 1010 or ANT 2100	Understanding Human Society   Intro to Anthropology	3
  Total		13

  Sophomore, semester one

  Course #	Title	Credits
  PSY 1020	Elements of Psychology	3
  NFS 2130	Intro Food Science	3
  NFS 2140	Intro Food Science	1
  CHM 1240	Organic Chemistry I	4
  CHM 1250	Organic Chemistry I Lab	1
  	Critical Thinking (CT)	3
  Total		15

  Sophomore, semester two

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 3230	Human Nutrition	3
  NFS 2200	Human Nutrition Lab	1
  CHM 2220 or BIO 2870	Organic Chemistry II   Anatomy & Physiology	4   5
  ECO 2010	Principles of Microeconomics	4
  MGT 2530	Mgt of Org Behavior	3
  STA 1020	Elements of Statistics	3
  Total		18 or 19

  Junior, semester one

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 4230	Macronutrient Metabolism (fall only)	3
  NFS 5350	Org Mgt Food Service (fall only)	4
  	Foreign Language I	4
  	Intermediate Composition (IC)	3
  Total		14

  Junior, semester two

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 4231	Human Nutrition: Micronutrients (winter only)	3
  NFS 4150	Advance Food Science (Writing Intensive) (winter only)	3
  	Foreign Language II	4
  	Oral Communication (OC)	3
  Total		13

  Senior, semester one

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 4160	Food Laws & Regulations (fall, spring/summer)	3
  NFS 6850	Controversial Issues (fall only)	2
  	Quantitative Experience (QE)	3
  	Cultural Inquiry (CI)	3
  Total		11

  Senior, semester two

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 5250	Nutrition & Disease (winter, spring/summer/online)	4
  	Civic Literacy (CIV)	3
  	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)	3
  	Global Learning Inquiry (GL)	3
  Total		13