"Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food."
~ Hippocrates
The Department of Nutrition and Food Studies integrates education, research, and outreach in preparing students to improve the health and well-being of populations through food and nutrition.
Undergraduate Minor in Nutrition
Point of Contact
Dr. Lisa R. Pawloski
Coordinator
Phone: 703-993-4628
Email: lpawlosk@gmu.edu
View the program requirements for Nutrition, Minor. (pdf)
Description
The minor in nutrition offers a variety of courses for students pursuing undergraduate degrees at George Mason University. The minor is intended to increase knowledge of nutrition issues and may supplement degrees related to nutrition, health, education, and more.
Admission Requirements
Students from any discipline at George Mason University may declare a Minor in Nutrition by completing the Undergraduate Declaration of Minor form. (Available here: http://registrar.gmu.edu/forms/index.html.) Application is made through the College of Health and Human Services.
Completion Requirements
Students are required to take an introductory nutrition course before beginning the coursework in the Nutrition Minor. The Minor in Nutrition requires 15 credits. Students must complete at least 6 of these credits at Mason and achieve a minimum 2.00 GPA in courses applied to the minor. No more than 3 credits of C- or D in the minor are accepted. For policies governing all undergraduate minors, see the Academic Policies chapter of the catalog at http://catalog.gmu.edu.