Nutrition
Focus on nutritional principles to understand how your body metabolizes nutrients. Familiarize yourself with the tools necessary to meet dietary needs and nutritional guidelines for various nutritional programs. In Butler’s Nutrition program, you’ll gain a unique insight into the human body and be prepared to enter the healthcare profession.
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A Nutrition Degree Learning Foundation
Explore nutrition science as it relates to health and sports performance, including assessing adjustments to dietary practices. You’ll learn to design a nutritional plan that follows current nutritional guidelines.
You’ll study the structure and function of the human body and deepen your knowledge of bones, cells, and tissues. Nutrition fundamentals are at the foundation of your studies. You’ll learn the importance of dietary support in treating individuals with common health disorders.
You’ll understand nutrients, digestion, metabolism, weight management, nutrition needed throughout the lifecycle. You’ll understand the interaction between diet, health and disease.
What You Can Do with a Nutrition Degree
No matter what your dream job is, our instructors will give you the foundation to eventually get your career started in positions like:
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
- Clinical Nutritionist
- Sport Nutritionists
- Health Coach
- Food Scientist
Classes You'll Take
These are some examples of courses in our Nutrition program.
- Basic Nutrition
- Anatomy and Physiology
- General Psychology
- Therapeutic Nutrition
- Microbiology
Nutrition (Associate of Science)
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