Undergraduate Study
Nutrition Minor Requirements
The Nutrition Minor requires a total of 25 credits. Students follow the requirements that are in place at the time they declare the minor. The requirements listed on this page are provided for students who enter the minor in autumn 2018 and later.
View requirements from previous academic years.
Both of the following courses:
| NUTR 200 | Nutrition for Today (4) | Prerequisite: None |
| NUTR 400 | Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Seminar (1) | Prerequisite: None |
The minor requires a total of 25 credits. You must take enough elective credits that when combined with the credits from your core requirements, you have a minimum of 25 total credits.
| NUTR 141 | Introduction to Foods (5) | Prerequisite: none |
| NUTR 202 | Research Methods in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health (5) | Prerequisite: none |
| NUTR 241 | Culinary Nutrition Science (3) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200; cannot be taken for credit if credit earned in NUTR 441 |
| NUTR 302 | Food Systems: Harvest to Health (5) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200 |
| NUTR 303 | Food Systems: Individual to Population Health (5) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200 |
| NUTR 310 | Nutrition and the Life Course (4) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200 |
| NUTR 312 | Food System Sustainability and Resilience (3) | Prerequisite: none |
| NUTR 341 | Exploration of Multisensory Dining (3) | Prerequisite: either NUTR 141 or NUTR 241 |
| NUTR 390 | Food Seminar (1) | Prerequisite: none |
| NUTR 405 | Physical Activity in Health and Disease (3) | Prerequisite: either BIOL 118 or BIOL 220 |
| NUTR 406 | Sports Nutrition (3) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200 |
| NUTR 411 | Diet in Health and Disease (3) | Prerequisite: either NUTR 200 or NUTR 300 |
| NUTR 412 | United States Food Systems Policy (5) | Prerequisite: NUTR 302 |
| NUTR 413 | Sustainable Food Systems in Italy (5) | Prerequisite: none |
| NUTR 415 | Body Weight and Size Inclusivity: Clinical, Behavioral, and Societal Perspectives (5) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200 |
| NUTR 420 | Global Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities (3) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200 |
| NUTR 441 | Food and Culinary Science (3) | Prerequisite: NUTR 200; either CHEM 120 or CHEM 142; and either CHEM 220 or CHEM 237 |
| NUTR 446 | Food Safety and Health (3) | Prerequisite: none |
| NUTR 465/ BIO A 465 | Nutritional Anthropology (3) | Prerequisite: BIO A 201 |
| NUTR 490 | Special Topics in Nutritional Sciences (1-5) | Prerequisite: none |
| ANTH 361 | Anthropology of Food (5) | Prerequisite: one 200-level ANTH course |
| ENV H 306 | Health and Sustainability (3) | Prerequisite: none |
| ENV H 441 | Food Protection (3) | Prerequisite: either CHEM 120, CHEM 142, MICROM 301, or MICROM 410 |
| EPI 320 | Introduction to Epidemiology (4) | Prerequisite: none |
| GEOG 271 | Geography of Food and Eating (5) | Prerequisite: none |
| GEOG 371 | World Hunger and Agricultural Development (5) | Prerequisite: none |
| GEOG 380 | Geographical Patterns of Health and Disease (5) | Prerequisite: none |
- Minimum of 13 credits must be taken from the School of Public Health (NUTR, ENV H, or EPI courses).
- Minimum of 15 credits must be completed in 300- and 400-level courses.
- Minimum of 15 credits applied to the minor must be completed in residence through the University of Washington.
- Minimum of 15 credits applied to the minor must be taken outside of the student’s major requirements.
- Minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA is needed for courses applied toward the minor.
- Students must declare a major and have completed a minimum of 45 credits before declaring the minor.
- Students declare the minor with their major adviser.
