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Academic Units
Undergraduate - Nutrition and Dietetics
 BS in Nutrition and Dietetics
This is a specialized three-year program offered by FAFS that prepares
graduates trained in nutrition and dietetics to satisfy the needs
of the country and the region. The purpose is to enhance the nutritional
well-being and health of individuals, families, and populations
through the promotion of scholarship in human nutrition and dietetics.
An internship program of 11 months is available at the AUB Medical
Center for graduates wishing to qualify as professional dietitians.
Graduates of this program do not receive the Diploma of Ingénieur
Agricole.
Curriculum for the BS Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics1
Nutrition and Dietetics I
| First Semester
|
Credits
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| BIOL |
201 |
General Biology I |
4
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| CHEM |
208 |
Survey of Organic Chemistry |
3
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| CHEM |
209 |
Introductory Organic Laboratory
|
2
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| ENGL |
203 |
Academic English |
3
|
| NFSC |
221 |
Basic Nutrition2 |
3
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Total
|
15 |
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|
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| Second
Semester |
Credits
|
| CHEM |
200 |
Basic Chemistry |
3
|
| CHEM |
205 |
Introductory Chemistry Laboratory |
2
|
| NFSC |
261 |
Introductory Biochemistry2 |
3
|
| PHYL |
246 |
Physiology for Nursing Degree Students
and Undergraduates |
4
|
| SOAN |
201 |
Introduction to the Study of Society |
3
|
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Total
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15 |
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|
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Nutrition and Dietetics II
| First Semester
|
Credits
|
| AGSC |
212 |
Agricultural Economics, Principles,
and Policy |
3
|
| ARAB |
201A, 201B, or higher3
|
3
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| ENGL |
204 |
Advanced Academic English |
3
|
| NFSC |
240 |
Nutrition Status Assessment |
2
|
| NFSC |
274 |
Human Nutrition |
3
|
| Humanities |
Elective |
|
3
|
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Total
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17 |
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| Second
Semester |
Credits
|
| CMPS |
209 |
Computers and Programming for the
Sciences |
3
|
| MNGT |
215 |
Management of Organizations |
3
|
| NFSC |
265 |
Food Chemistry |
3
|
| NFSC |
267 |
Food Analysis2 |
2
|
| NFSC |
285 |
Nutrition in the Life Cycle |
3
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| Humanities |
Elective |
3
|
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Total
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17 |
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Nutrition and Dietetics III
| First Semester
|
Credits
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| EDUC |
227 |
Statistics in Education or STAT 210
|
3
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| NFSC |
222 |
Community Nutrition |
3
|
| NFSC |
277 |
Food Microbiology I |
3 |
| NFSC |
292 |
Therapeutic Nutrition I |
3
|
| NFSC |
294 |
Therapeutic Nutrition Lab (I) |
1 |
| Humanities |
Elective |
3
|
| |
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Total
|
16 |
| |
|
|
|
| Second
Semester |
Credits
|
| NFSC |
287 |
Food Processing |
2
|
| NFSC |
289 |
Food Processing Lab |
1
|
| NFSC |
290 |
Food Services Management |
3
|
| NFSC |
293 |
Therapeutic Nutrition II |
3
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| NFSC |
295 |
Therapeutic Nutrition Lab (II) |
1 |
| NFSC |
296 |
Current Topics in Food Sciences and
Nutrition |
1 |
| NFSC |
299 |
Projects in Nutrition and Food Science
|
2 |
| Humanities |
Elective |
3
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Total
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16 |
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1 A minimum of 96 credits are required for graduation.
2 Course offered in fall and spring.
3 Dependent on Arabic Placement Test.
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