With a curriculum focused on the role of nutrition in a wide range of areas, KU’s Minor in Nutrition provides a valuable area of focus for your degree or professional background, helping you become more marketable in a growing career field. Pursue a Minor in Nutrition to earn a valuable credential and help start or refocus your work in a nutrition-related field. Alternatively, a Minor in Nutrition can supplement your undergraduate studies to prepare you for a successful career in health, nutrition, wellness, fitness, and beyond. The courses and credential from the nutrition program may make you more successful in continuing your education in professional or graduate school.
Course work for this minor is predominantly delivered online and the minor can be completed entirely online.
To declare a Minor in Nutrition a student must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative KU GPA (or be in their first semester) and be degree seeking.
Minor Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| HSCI 320 | Principles of Nutrition | 3 |
| or HSES 330 | Principles of Nutrition and Health |
| HSCI 420 | Nutrition Through the Life Cycle | 3 |
| HSCI 421 | Public Health Nutrition | 3 |
| HSCI 422 | Nutrition Assessment | 3 |
| Current Trends in Nutrition | |
| Nutrition Education | |
| Dietary Supplements | |
| Plant Based Diets | |
| Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Health | |
| Nutrition Informatics | |
| Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism | |
| Advanced Sports Nutrition | |
| Nutrition in Disease Treatment and Prevention | |
| Nutrition Research Methods | |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Minor Hours & Minor GPA
While completing all required courses, minors must also meet each of the following hour and GPA minimum standards:
Minor Hours
Satisfied by a minimum of 15 hours of minor courses.
Minor Hours in Residence
Satisfied by a minimum of 9 hours of KU resident credit in the minor.
Minor Junior/Senior (300+) Hours
Satisfied by a minimum of 9 hours from junior/senior courses (300+) in the minor.
Minor Graduation GPA
Satisfied by a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA in all courses in the minor. GPA calculations include courses in the minor taken at KU or transferred from another regionally accredited institution and follow KU Grade Replacement Policy – see KU Policy library (2.3.9 Grade Replacement Policy in Repeat Courses) for details. All minor courses must be taken for a grade, credit/no credit is not permitted.
