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 a minimum cumulative minor average of 60%, from the requirements listed:
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Required courses (2.0 units):
- 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 446; one of KIN 433, KIN 472, HLTH 472
Notes
- KIN 431, KIN 432, HLTH 432B, KIN 433, KIN 472, and HLTH 472 must be on a nutrition topic and approved in advance by the course supervisor and associate chair, undergraduate studies.
- 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.