Plant Based Food and Nutrition Minor: 20 units

Offered by: College of Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Science Department

Minor Required

Minor Electives

The Plant Based Food and Nutrition Minor introduces students to the health benefits of nutritional components present plant based foods, preparation principles and practices, explore the connection of sustainability to the plant based foods and effect of processing on nutritional quality of plant based foods.

Minor Required: 11 units

Minor Electives: 9 units

Sustainability Electives - Choose one (3 units)
AG 2010 - Global Resources for Food (3) [D3]
BIO 3040 - Environment and Society (3) [B5]
GSC 1010 - Planet Earth: A Citizen’s Guide (2) [E] and
GSC 1010A - Planet Earth: A Citizen’s Guide Activity (1) [E]
PHL 4300 - Ethics, Environment, and Society (3)
PLT 3650 - Sustainable Agriculture (2) and
PLT 3650L - Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory (1)
Other Electives - Select a minimum of 6 units from this list; at least one course must be upper division (6 units)
ABM 3130 - Food and Agriculture Policy (3)
AG 2990 - Special Topics for Lower Division Students (1-3)
AG 4010 - Ethical Issues in Food, Agricultural and Apparel Industries (3) [C3 or D4]
BIO 4590AS - Ethnobotany Service Learning Activity (2) and
BIO 4590S - Ethnobotany - Service Learning (1)
FST 3250 - Food Safety and Current Issues (3) [B5]
KIN 2070 - Health and Well-Being (3) [E]
NTR 1210 - Introduction to Foods (2) and
NTR 1210L - Introduction to Foods Laboratory (1)
NTR 3280 - Food and Culture (3) [D4]
NTR 3280L - Food and Culture Laboratory (1)
NTR 3860 - Farm-to-Table (3) or
PLT 3860 - Farm-to-Table (3)
NTR 4450 - Nutrition and International Development (3)
PLT 2020 - Subtropical Fruits (2) and
PLT 2020L - Subtropical Fruits Laboratory (1)
PLT 2220 - Culinary Produce Technology (3)
PLT 2260 - Vegetable Crop Systems (2) and
PLT 2260L - Vegetable Crop Systems Laboratory (1)
PLT 4311 - Plants and Civilization (3) [B5]