Nutrition and Dietetics Major (NTDT), BS

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 35 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete 53 hours of Liberal Arts studies. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

• FCS 2050  
• MATH 1330  
• MATH 1200  
• BIOL 1200  
• POLS 1787  
• PSY 2010  

Note:

• Do not take PHS 1010 , PHS 1020 , PHS 1030 , PHS 1050 , PHS 1060 . The Liberal Arts requirement for PHS is satisfied by CHEM 1040 , also counted below in the hours required for the major.

Major: 84 hours

FCS Program Core: 6 Hours

• FCS 1000 - Family and Consumer Sciences as a Profession Credit Hours: 2
• FCS 2050 - Families in Global Society Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4000 - Professional Image Development Credit Hours: 1

Nutrition and Dietetics Core: 78 Hours

• BIOL 1200 - Human Structure and Function Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 3400/3400L - Microbiology Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 1040/1040L - College Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 1050/1050L - College Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 2110 - Organic and Biological Chemistry Credit Hours: 3
• CHEM 2110L - LAB: Organic and Biological Credit Hours: 1
• CHEM 3810 - General Biochemistry Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 1020 / 1020L - Food Science Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 2400 / 2400L - Family Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3000 - Dietetics Practicum Credit Hours: 2
• FCS 3300 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 1
• FCS 3310 - Human Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 3800 - Community Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4150 - Nutrition Education Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4200 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4240 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4310 - Advanced Nutrition Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4330 / 4330L - Advanced Food Science Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4350 / 4350L - Quantity Food Production Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4360 - Leadership and Management in Nutrition and Dietetics Credit Hours: 3
• FCS 4650 - Research in Family and Consumer Sciences Credit Hours: 2
• KINS 4070 - Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application K-12 Credit Hours: 3

• or EXSS 4000 - Physiology of Exercise I 3 

• MATH 1200 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 1330 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3

• (This requirement may be met with MATH 2300 or MATH 2350) 

• MKTG 2400 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
• PSY 2010 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 1787 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3

Remaining Bible/Electives: 9 Hours

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

Total Hours: 128