Established in 1965 under the name Foods and Nutrition, today the Department of Nutrition and Food Science offers a bachelor's degree in nutrition(NTR) with options in Dietetics (Didactic Program in Dietetics), Nutrition Science with emphases in Pre-professional and Animal Nutrition and Nutrition and Health with emphases in both Nutrition and Health and Health Coach. A bachelor's degree in Food Science and Technology (FST) was offered in 1999 which has grown to more than 160 students. FST programs offers various tracks or emphases in Business, Culinology ®, Science and Technology and Pre-professional.
The post-baccalaureate Dietetic Internship Program is also offered as well as a Master's degree in Agriculture under the Nutrition and Food Science subplan. Combined enrollments in all the programs listed above account for more than 550 students.
A USDA grant helped us to offer Estudiante de Dietética program in 2010 as an optional opportunity to learn important Dietetic skills in Spanish.
NFS also offers minors in Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Food Safety, Plant-based Nutrition, and Culinology® as well as many general education courses open to all majors (online and face to face versions).