About the Program
Channel your love of food and nutrition into helping people live healthier lives, making discoveries about diet and disease, or pre-professional training for students who plan to apply for medical school, pharmacy school, or other medical programs. A bachelor's degree in nutrition can lead to graduate school and careers as a registered dietitian, registered dietetic technician, health coach, registered healthcare professional, researcher or scientist, teacher, consumer advocate, and more.
The Polytechnic Approach
Build a strong foundation in biology and chemistry, then dive into analysis and experimentation with food in our kitchens and labs. Learn basic culinary techniques to create diets that meet different dietary needs, work with industry-standard software, conduct dietary and health assessments, and work in the community to create culturally relevant healthier habits. Through these hands-on courses and service-learning opportunities, you will be well-prepared for graduate studies, dietetic internships or careers in the science, food industry, healthcare and wellness fields.
Career Outcomes
Program Emphasis
Courses
The Nutrition program has options in Dietetics, Nutrition Science, and Nutrition and Health. Nutrition Science offers emphases in Animal Nutrition and Pre-Professional. Nutrition and Health offers emphases is Nutrition and Health and Health Coach. Our undergraduate programs prepare students for challenging and rewarding careers in the professional fields of Nutrition and Dietetics, with opportunities in the private sector as well as government agencies. Our programs also provide a strong academic background for graduate study and research.
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Cheryl L. Loggins Scholarship Endowment
The Cheryl L. Loggins Scholarship Endowment is for continuing undergraduate seniors majoring in nutrition who are interested in the studies of dietetics.
Featured Faculty
Dr. Erik Froyen received a PhD in Nutritional Biology from the University of California, Davis where he studied the effects of soy isoflavones on liver detoxification enzymes. His research is focused on the effects of fatty acids, flavonoids, and plant-based...Erik B. Froyen Associate Professor, Nutrition
Licensure Disclosure
* California State University programs for professions that require licensure or certification are intended to prepare the student to meet California licensure and certification requirements. Admission into programs for professions that require licensure and certification does not guarantee that students will obtain a license or certificate. Licensure and certification requirements are set by agencies that are not controlled by or affiliated with the California State University and licensure and certification requirements can change at any time.
The California State University has not determined whether its programs meet other states’ educational or professional requirements for licensure and certification. Students enrolled in a California State University program who are planning to pursue licensure or certification in other states are responsible for determining whether they will meet their state’s requirements for licensure or certification. This disclosure is made pursuant to 34 CFR §668.43(a)(5)(v)(C).