The Essentials of Human Nutrition is a general education course designed to acquaint students with the specific role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water in daily life. This includes a study of the human body systems that manage the breakdown, assimilation, and excretion of nutrients and their metabolic wastes. The course explores the relationships between food and optimal health including physical fitness. The relationships between nutritional imbalances and diseases are studied. (3 hour lecture)

A detailed study of primary nutrients essential to health with attention given to specific needs from infancy through adulthood. Current theories and practices related to physical and intellectual performances are also investigated. Contemporary topics are presented, including degenerative diseases, food-borne diseases, fad dieting, food additives, and health foods.