Human Nutrition Minor examines the effects of diet and food on health and disease in human individuals and at the population level. Fundamental and applied knowledge in human nutrition is deemed crucial for a variety of health professions. The study of nutrition includes investigations of cellular metabolism and physiological responses to nutrients, the impact of diet on chronic disease risk, and examinations of food choices in populations. As such, the study of nutrition is multidisciplinary, but at the core requires a fundamental understanding of biochemistry and physiology. The Kinesiology core includes physiology, biochemistry, and nutrition courses, and the Minor is designed to provide these fundamentals followed by the application of the basic concepts of nutrition to various aspects of health and disease.
Requirements
- Students must be in an honours or three- or four-year general program at Waterloo.
- Courses obtained on a Letter of Permission or in transfer credit must be equivalent to courses listed in the course requirements.
- Successful completion of 5.0 units with an overall average of 60%, from the requirements listed below.
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* KIN 431, KIN 432, HLTH 432B, KIN 433, KIN 472, HLTH 472 must be on a nutrition topic topic and approved in advance by the course supervisor and associate chair, undergraduate studies.
Required courses (2.0 units):
BIOL 373
KIN 146
KIN 217 or CHEM 233 or CHEM 237
KIN 343 or KIN 346
Elective courses (3.0 units):
BIOL 241
BIOL 345
HLTH 340
HLTH 355
HLTH 421
HLTH 449
HLTH 471
KIN 307
KIN 342
KIN 343 or KIN 346
KIN 404
KIN 429
KIN 431*
KIN 432* or HLTH 432B*
KIN 433* or KIN 472* or HLTH 472*
KIN 446
Note
Students must take either KIN 343 or KIN 346 as a required course and if students take both, then one course will be counted as a required course and one as an elective course.