The concentration in Public Health Nutrition focuses on applying nutrition concepts, policy, and research to improve population health and reduce disease. Students will be trained to identify the social, cultural, economic, environmental, and institutional factors that contribute to diet-related health problems including undernutrition and overnutrition among diverse populations around the world. Students will also learn to design, implement, and evaluate global, state, and local programs that can improve the nutritional status of the population as a whole and of vulnerable populations.
The main purpose of this new concentration is to train students to apply their food and nutrition knowledge, policy, and research to promote optimal health and prevent disease. This concentration aims to provide opportunities for students to understand the social, cultural, economic, environmental, institutional factors that contribute to the risk of undernutrition and overnutrition among populations. Students will learn to identify and assess diet-related health problems among diverse populations groups in the US and around the world. Students will also learn to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions focused on promoting health and lowering disease risk by improving nutritional status in populations.
This concentration does not include a dietetic internship and does not prepare students to sit for the Registered Dietitian (RD) Exam.
Students declaring a public health major need to successfully (grade C- or better) complete a set of prerequisite, core, concentration, and elective courses. The list of these courses is provided below. Please note that not all courses are offered each semester. For more detailed information about the program, course offerings, faculty, and career options, please meet with a faculty advisor, review the CSUF catalogue or visit our web site at http://hhd.fullerton.edu/pubh .
All public health majors are strongly encouraged to meet with a public health faculty advisor at least once each semester. Students wishing to pursue careers in the health professions (e.g., medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses, optometrists, and veterinarians) are advised to seek additional counseling through the Health Professions Office in GH-223.
Bachelor of Science Effective Fall 2020
