FCS in Dietetics Option Requirements

Courses required for the FCS in Dietetics Option include:

• BIO 2001G - Human Physiology. Credits: 4

• (also counted as general education)

• BUS 2101 - Financial Accounting. Credits: 3
• BUS 3010 - Management and Organizational Behavior. Credits: 3
• CHM 1310G - General Chemistry I. Credits: 3

• (also counted as general education)

• CHM 1315G - General Chemistry Laboratory I. Credits: 1
• CHM 1410 - General Chemistry II. Credits: 3
• CHM 1415 - General Chemistry Laboratory II. Credits: 1
• CHM 2430 - Survey of Organic Chemistry. Credits: 3
• CHM 2435 - Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Credits: 1
• CHM 3300 - Survey of Biochemistry. Credits: 3
• FCS 1120 - Food Selection and Preparation. Credits: 3
• FCS 1121 - Food Service Sanitation. Credits: 1
• FCS 1800 - Life Span Human Development. Credits: 3
• FCS 2100 - Personal Nutrition. Credits: 3
• FCS 2140 - Quantity Food Production. Credits: 3
• FCS 2500 - Foundational Focus of Family and Consumer Sciences. Credits: 3
• FCS 3120 - Food Science. Credits: 4
• FCS 3500 - Professionalism in Family and Consumer Sciences. Credits: 3
• FCS 3755 - Nutrition Across the Lifespan. Credits: 3
• FCS 3756 - Community Nutrition Credits: 3
• FCS 4150 - The Profession of Dietetics. Credits: 1
• FCS 4275 - Internship. Credits: 3 to 9
• FCS 4750 - Advanced Human Nutrition. Credits: 3
• FCS 4751 - Nutrition Therapy. Credits: 4
• FCS 4940 - Food Systems Management. Credits: 3
• MAT 2250G - Elementary Statistics. Credits: 4

• (also counted as general education)

• PSY 1879G - Introductory Psychology. Credits: 3

• (also counted as general education – social & behavioral sciences)

• SOC 1838G - Introductory Sociology. Credits: 3

• (also counted as general education – social & behavioral sciences)

• OR

• SOC 2750G - Social Problems in Contemporary Society. Credits: 3

• (also counted as general education – social & behavioral sciences)

Footnotes:

(Major GPA based on all Family and Consumer Sciences courses taken at EIU.)

Depending on Foreign Language and Math Placement, electives may be needed to meet 120 semester hours.