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Nutrition

The study of nutrition investigates the ways in which food promotes the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and the environment. Focused academic inquiry in food and nutrition is interdisciplinary, complemented by biology, chemistry, and mathematics.

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Why Study Nutrition at CSB & SJU?

  • Studying nutrition at Saint Ben’s and Saint John’s will help you think critically about issues, allowing you to sift through nutrition misinformation.
  • A nutrition major is an excellent health science preprofessional major, preparing a person for dietetics, physician’s assistant training, medical school, physical therapy programs, and more.
  • We offer a flexible and diverse curriculum that addresses a variety of interests and issues. Nutrition coursework is focused on human health and wellness, food and food systems, and disease treatment and prevention.
  • Our Nutrition Department offers a major and a minor. The minor can be a great addition to a variety of other majors.
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Curriculum Variety

The Nutrition Department offers a major and minor in Nutrition. All Nutrition majors complete a set of required foundation courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics and nutrition. Courses in the department focus on public and community health, food and culinary skills, and investigations and applications in health science and chronic disease. Because nutrition is an ever-changing field, the department is developing new courses and has research opportunities that address some of today’s biggest health questions.

The Nutrition major is very flexible, allowing students to choose courses that fit their future career goals. The Nutrition major can also be a first step on the path to becoming a registered dietitian. The Nutrition minor can be an excellent addition to a variety of majors.

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Careers

A nutrition major prepares students for a variety of career options or graduate study.

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