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Nutritional Sciences 709 (SEBS)

Nutritional Sciences 709 (SEBS)
Learning Goals
Entry Requirements for the Major
Graduation Requirements for the Major

NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES 709


Degree: B.S.

Director: Virginia Quick (vquick@njaes.rutgers.edu)

Program Webpage: Here

Managing Department Webpage: Here


The undergraduate program in nutritional sciences provides students with a strong background in the biological, biochemical, physiological, clinical, behavioral, sociological, and psychological dimensions of human nutrition. Students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 or better in all required courses.

The program offers four options:

Dietetics. The dietetics option is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) as a Didactic Program in Dietetics. Upon completion of this option, students are eligible to apply for an accredited-supervised practice program, including our MS-Dietetics program at Rutgers-New Brunswick, in preparation for the registration examination for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN). Since a master's degree is now required to be eligible to take the RDN exam, students in this option are at an advantage in being able to apply to our accredited Rutgers MS-Dietetics program during their senior year.  Completing this option also can lead to work in the food business & industry, positions in cooperative extension, WIC, EFNEP, nutrition education, or clinical research.

Food Service Management. The option in food service administration emphasizes the managerial aspects of food service operation. Entry-level employment opportunities include food service marketing, or managing food services in schools, hotels, restaurants, industrial cafeterias, corporations, hospitals, and child or long-term care facilities.

Biomedical Nutrition. The option in nutrition emphasizes research and prepares students for graduate study for medical and dental schools, and other allied health professions (e.g., physician assistant, occupational therapy, physical therapy), as well as for immediate employment in the biomedical industry.

Community Nutrition. This option addresses the growing need for nutrition professionals to work with youth in structured organizations at the local, state, and national level such as 4-H, WIC, cooperative extension, after-school care, day care, environmental education, and programs for homeless children. This option meets the subject matter requirements needed to become an Family and Consumer Sciences teacher (grades 5 to 12) of Nutrition/Food in New Jersey. This option can feed into the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Secondary Education from Rutgers-Camden. The MAT degree requires 30 graduate credits—12 of which can be taken while still an undergraduate, or the summer after graduating with a B.S. The remaining courses are taken while doing student teaching the year after graduation. MAT courses are virtual, so no need to travel.