Understanding nutrition science complements many fields like medicine, agriculture, business, and public policy. Adding a nutrition and wellness minor makes you a stronger job applicant and helps with grad school applications. You’ll typically take six or seven classes in your chosen subject area to earn your minor.
To declare a minor, you must be a UA student with a declared UA major. Students may elect to pursue the nutritional sciences minor, OR the sports nutrition minor, OR the food systems minor. Students are not eligible to complete multiple minors within the school. Majors within the school are not eligible to declare a nutritional sciences minor, sports nutrition minor, nor food systems minor. NSC majors interested in taking the sports nutrition or food systems classes should contact their academic advisor to discuss a thematic minor.
Nutritional Sciences Minor (Main, Online & Yuma campuses)
A nutrition minor complements your major and elevates your understanding of health, wellness and food science. It also gives you a competitive edge in the job market, since nutrition is relevant to many different careers, including nursing, pharmacy, medicine, and other healthcare fields.
The nutritional sciences minor requires 18 total units and can be completed on campus or online.
Approved courses include:
- NSC 101: Introduction to Human Nutrition
- NSC 255: Food and Culture
- NSC 301: Nutrition and the Life Cycle
- NSC 310: Health and Disease
- NSC 315: Sports Nutrition
- NSC 353: Food Science and Safety
- NSC 375: Diet, Genes, and Disease
- NSC 376: Bioactive Food Compounds
- NSC 455: Mediterranean Diet and Health Study Abroad
Sports Nutrition Minor (Main & Online campuses)
Interested in sports nutrition? This minor gives you a competitive edge, complementing your studies and preparing you for careers in dietetics, strength coaching, professional training, physical activity research, and athletic coaching.
The Sports Nutrition minor requires 19 total units and can be completed on main campus or Arizona Online.
Required core courses include:
- NSC 101: Introduction to Human Nutrition
- NSC 315: Sports Nutrition
- NSC 320: Physical Activity, and Health Promotion
- NSC 415R: Advanced Sports Nutrition
- NSC 415L: Advanced Sports Nutrition Lab
Approved elective courses include:
- NSC 311: A Systems Approach to Obesity Prevention
- NSC 332: Health Coaching
- NSC 376: Bioactive Compounds
- NSC 445: Body Composition
- NSC 497A: Applied Sports Nutrition Workshop
- MGMT 357: Life Cycle of Elite Athletes
- PHCL 442: Human Performance Pharmacology
- PSIO 420: Exercise Physiology
- TLS 356: Sports, Adolescents & Schools
Weight Inclusive Health (Main & Online campuses)
Interested in weight stigma and inclusive care? The weight inclusive health minor teaches you how to spot and combat weight stigma and provides frameworks for weight-inclusive care, benefiting careers in healthcare and other helping professions.
The Undergraduate Minor requires completion of 18 units (9 units of core courses + 9 units of electives).
Core Courses:
- NSC 212 (3 units): Intuitive Eating Approach to Health and Wellbeing
- NSC 312 (3 units): Weight Stigma, Nutrition, and Health
- NSC 412/512 (3 units): Body Positive Concepts and You
Electives:
- NSC 422/522 (3 units): Weight Inclusive Approach to Counseling
- NSC 432/532 (3 units): Exploring Eating Disorders and Body Image
- NSC 442/542 (3 units): Health Communication from a Weight Inclusive Lens
- CHS 309 (3 units): Ethical Issues in the Helping Professions
- CHS 401 (3 units): Health Disparities and Society