Nutritional Science and Food Systems Concentration
The Nutritional Sciences and Food Systems is a degree track under the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. Students will be prepared through hands-on learning opportunities with practical application in the food and nutrition, health sciences, and the agriculture and natural sciences industries. They will develop skills in nutrition science and food systems, ag economics and marketing, soil science, organic agriculture, and urban agriculture.
Adults and youth in Kentucky and across the country face obesity and health problems. Classes in this option prepare students for jobs facing important nutrition and wellness issues that society faces and will continue to manage as global food challenges rise. Graduates will find career opportunities in nutrition research, advocacy, food safety, and production and processing.
Agriculture is one of the top-employing fields in the U.S. Students in Kentucky State University’s College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources will take advantage of the newly-renovated and state-of-the-art Atwood Research Facility, a 300-acre research and demonstration farm, a 14-acre aquaculture research facility, and a 300-acre environmental education and research facility.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 (Fall) | Hours | |
| AFE 115 Intro Ag, Food and Environ | 3 | |
| AFE 120 | Principles of Agronomy | 4 |
| KSU 118 | Intro. to University Learning | 3 |
| MAT 115 | College Algebra | 3 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 117 | Global Perspect Ag/Food/Env | 3 |
| Select one of the following: ART 130 or MUS 130 or THE 130 or ENG 211 | 3 | |
| BIO 111 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| ENG 102 | English Comp II | 3 |
| KSU 186 | Navigate. the Tech. World | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | ||
| CHE 101 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHE 110 | General Chem I Laboratory | 1 |
| ECO 201 | Prin of Economics I | 3 |
| FNU 104 | Basic Nutrition | 3 |
| COM 103 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities Core Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 211 | Introduction to Animal Science | 3 |
| AQU 201 | Fisheries & the Educ. Consumer | 3 |
| MAT 200 | Intro to Stat Reasoning & Ana. | 4 |
| SOC 203 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities Core Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | ||
| AFE 404 | Nutrition and Metabolism | 3 |
| AFE 450 | Human Health/Environment | 3 |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 311 | Practicum I | 2 |
| AFE 340 | Environmental Sci/Agroecology | 3 |
| AFE 417 | Modern Nutrition and Disease | 3 |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Term 1 (Fall) | ||
| AFE 411 | Practicum II | 2 |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Guided Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Term 2 (Spring) | ||
| AFE 401 | AFE Seminar | 1 |
| AFE 416 | Nutrition and Society | 3 |
| AFE 465 | Food Systems | 3 |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| AFE Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |