Major Requirements/Course Worksheet
Major Requirements
The following outlines are lower and upper division coursework required for the Special Major in Dietetics. All required prerequisites should be fulfilled before advancing to the next course within a sequence. A grade of C- or better must be earned for a course to be considered as fulfilling a prerequisite requirement for all FACS courses. Please refer to the CSUS catalog for more detailed course descriptions.
Required Courses (83 units)
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Prerequisites
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CSUS
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Transfer
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Units
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Grade
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Equivalent/Substitute Courses
(number, title, units)
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FACS
10 Nutrition & Wellness
(3) *
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FACS
11 Principles of Food
Preparation (3)
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FACS
50 The Family & Social Issues * (3)
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FACS
109 Food Safety and
Sanitation (2)
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FACS
110 Food Management (4)
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FACS
10, FACS 11, and FACS 109 concurrently or instructor permission
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FACS
113 Nutrition & Metabolism (3)
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BIO
10; CHEM 1A
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FACS
114 Cultural and Social
Aspects of Food (3)
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FACS
115 Nutrition in the
Lifespan (3)
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FACS
113
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FACS
116 Food Service Management
(4)
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FACS
11, FACS 110 or instructor permission
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FACS
117 Community Nutrition (3)
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FACS
113
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FACS
118A Medical Nutrition
Therapy I (3)
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FACS
113; BIO 131
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FACS
118B Medical Nutrition
Therapy II (3)
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FACS
118A, CHEM 161
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FACS
168 Senior Seminar (2)
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21
FACS units
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FACS
170 Advanced Nutrition
& Metabol. (3)
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CHEM
161 & FACS 113
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BIO
10 Basic Biological Concepts * (3)
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BIO
22 Intro. To Human Anatomy
(4)
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BIO
10
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BIO
131 Systemic Physiology (4)
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BIO
10 CHEM 1A & 1B
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BIO
139 General Microbiology
(4)
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BIO 10 & CHEM 20
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CHEM
1A General Chemistry (5) *
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CHEM
1B General Chemistry (5) *
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CHEM 1A
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CHEM
20 Organic Chemistry (3)
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CHEM 1B
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CHEM
161 General Biochemistry (3)
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CHEM 20
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OBE
150 Mgmt. Of Contemp. Org.
(3)
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PSYCH
1 Intro. To Psyc: Basic *
Processes (3) OR
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PSYCH
5 Intro. Psych: Indiv.
& Social Proc. * (3)
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STAT
1 Statistics (3) *
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Notes:
* May be counted for General Education
Students must still complete 9 units of upper division GE courses out of
their major.
A minimum grade of C- is required for prerequisite courses within and outside
the department.
Students who have a FACS course twice must petition the department’s
curriculum committee in writing for permission to register for a third time. Students will not be allowed to take the course a third time without
committee approval.
Course Worksheet
Many
FACS courses have prerequisites. It is important that any prerequisites be
completed with a C- or better, prior to enrolling in a course. General education, major and
all-university requirements is a four to five year program of study.
The following sequence of courses has been developed to assist you in developing
a four-year plan for the Special Major in Dietetics. This will vary depending on the courses you have taken previously or transferred in.
1st Year
| FALL | ||||
| Course | Title | Units | General Education | Offered at most Junior Colleges |
| FACS 10 | Nutrition & Wellness | 3 | yes | Yes |
| FACS 50 | Family & Social Issues | 3 | yes | Yes |
| CHEM 1A | General Chemistry | 5 | yes | Yes |
| SPRING | ||||
| FACS 11 | Principles of Food Preparation | 3 | No | Few |
| CHEM 1B | General Chemistry | 5 | Yes | Yes |
| BIO 10 | Basic Biological Concepts | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| GE Course | - | - | - | - |
2nd Year
| FALL | ||||
| Course | Title | Units | General Education | Offered at most Junior Colleges |
| CHEM 20 | Organic Chemistry | 3 | - | Few |
| BIO 22 | Intro. to Human Anatomy | 4 | - | Yes |
| PSYCH 1 or 5 | Intro. to Psychology | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| STAT 1 | Statistics | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| FACS 114 | Cultural and Social Aspects of food | 3 | NO | |
| SPRING | ||||
| BIO 139 | General Microbiology | 4 | - | Yes |
| BIO 131 | Systemic Physiology | 4 | Yes | No |
| HROB 101 | Mgmt. of Contemp. Org. | 3 | - | - |
| GE Course | - | - | Yes | - |
3rd Year
| FALL | ||||
| Course | Title | Units | General Education | Offered at most Junior Colleges |
| FACS 110 | Food Management | 4 | No | - |
| FACS 113 | Nutrition & Metabolism | 3 | Yes | - |
| GE Course | - | - | Yes | - |
| SPRING | ||||
| CHEM 161 | General Biochemistry | 3 | No | - |
| FACS 115 | Nutrition in the Lifespan | 3 | No | - |
| FACS 116 | Food Service Management | 4 | No | - |
| GE Course | - | - | Yes | - |
4th year
| FALL | ||||
| Course | Title | Units | General Education | Offered at most Junior Colleges |
| FACS 117 | Community Nutrition | 3 | No | - |
| FACS 118A | Medical Nutrition Therapy I | 3 | No | - |
| FACS 168 | Senior Seminar | 2 | No | - |
| GE Course | - | - | Yes | - |
| SPRING | ||||
| FACS 118B | Medical Nutrition Therapy II | 3 | No | - |
| FACS 170 | Advanced Nutrition & Metabolism | 3 | No | - |
| GE Course | - | - | Yes | - |
| GE Course | - | - | Yes | - |
Many deviations of the above plan exist. Therefore, you should see a faculty adviser each semester for a personalized plan.
Page updated on 3/2/2010