Program Details

• Major Name: Human Nutrition and Foods
• Degree Program: Arts and Sciences
• Degree Designation: AS
• College / School: STEM

This major prepares students in their first two years of study with the needed math, chemistry, biology, social sciences and nutrition courses to go on and complete their third and fourth years on the Morgantown campus in WVU’s Human Nutrition and Foods Bachelor of Science degree program.

The Human Nutrition and Foods major focuses on the relationships between food consumption, human development and health. It includes instruction in the cellular and molecular functions of food processing in the human body, related metabolic processes, the relationship of food and nutrition to disease, and nutritional needs across the life span.