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Curriculum in Human Sciences
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Nutrition Education and Promotion Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
Social
Sciences
ElectiveG		   3
Music,
Visual Arts,
Dance, or
TheatreG		   3
*ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
MATH 105  or
MATH 161G

Finite Mathematics

College Algebra

 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern    2
††HUSC 100 Foundations of Human Sciences 1
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HS 133 Healthy Lifestyles for the 21st Century            3
††PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3
*ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
MATH 241G Elementary Statistics 3
Biological
ScienceG		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature                                     		 3
Physical
Science
ElectiveG		   3
History
ElectiveG		   3
††CL/HDFS/HUSC/NUTR
Elective		                          3
††NUTR 253   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HDFS 302 Family and Individual Development over the Lifespan 3
COMM 210 or
COMM 211G		 Communicating in the Classroom
Introduction to Pubic Speaking                               		 3
Second
Science
SequenceG		   3
††HDFS 304 Parenting: Issues and Education  3
††NUTR 342 Nutrition  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††NUTR 345 Nutrition Through the Life Cycle 3
Elective   3
††HDFS 412 Family Stress and Coping  3
††HDFS 441 Family Relations  3
††CL/HDFS/HUSC/NUTR
Elective		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††NUTR 421 Weight Management Principles 3
††NUTR 411 Nutrition and Lifestyle Diseases                     3
††HS 252 or
HS 331		 Health and Stress
Health Information and the Media 		 3
††HDFS 371 Family Finance and Consumer Education 3
††HUSC 346 Professional Development in Human Sciences  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††NUTR 425 Nutrition Presentations and Demonstrations 3
††HDFS 475 Family Resource Management  3
Elective   3
††NUTR 424 Nutrition for Sport and Fitness 3
††ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††NUTR 433 Current Trends and Issues in Nutrition 3
††HFDS 448 Communication, Aging and Social Interaction 3
††CL/HDFS/HUSC/NUTR
Elective		   3
††HS 351 or
HS 420 or
HS 454		 Health Problems of the Aging and Aged
Health Promotion and Program Planning
Health Behavior Change		 3
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
*Grade of "C" or better.
††Major Course Grade of "C" or better.
 
Upon completion of this program, students will be eligible to take the certification exam as Nutrition and Wellness Educators through the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Requirements include completing NUTR 342, 345, 411, 421, 425, 426, and 433, as well as passing the competency exam.