Department of Food and Nutrition

The dietetics concentration within the Applied Nutrition Major is for those interested in how our diet affects our health and can lead to careers in nutrition counseling, public health and community nutrition, wellness, sports nutrition, and food service management. The nutrition and dietetics degree, along with a master's degree in Food and Nutrition Sciences, is an excellent pathway toward becoming a registered dietitian in Ohio or anywhere in the United States.

The environmental nutrition concentration within the Applied Nutrition Major is for students interested in sustainability, agriculture, wellness, and food policy careers. Students also earn an Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Resilience Certificate. And outstanding incoming students may enter the accelerated pathway and early assurance into the M.S. in Food and Nutrition Sciences program.

The culinary nutrition concentration within the Applied Nutrition Major integrates nutrition into culinary practice for students interested in school nutrition, child nutrition, institutional wellness, and food service management careers. The culinary concentration offers a unique blend of nutrition science with classic culinary techniques, building skill sets you can use in the food industry, restaurants, hospitals and schools.

Ohio University offers a fourth nutrition pathway: a Nutrition Sciences major. This preprofessional degree is perfect for students who want to apply to graduate programs to become nutrition researchers, medical or osteopathic doctors, physician assistants, physical therapists, veterinarians, dentists, pharmacists, or other health professionals. This science-intensive major prepares graduates well for entrance examinations into health practitioner programs.