Nutrition and Foods Skills Certificate

The Nutrition and Foods Skills Certificate Program is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge and skills in nutritional science, food science, food preparation, and food safety and sanitation.  The required courses prepare students for entry-level positions in nutrition and foods. Examples of entry-level positions include nutrition assistants for community agencies such as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Head Start, diet aides or diet clerks in hospitals, and dietary service workers in hospitals or school foodservice.

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:	Explain nutrient needs and how diet and lifestyle choices impact health.
Outcome 2:	Differentiate between proper and improper food safety and sanitation techniques.
Outcome 3:	Determine the correct preparation methods and assess the quality of a wide variety of foods.

 

	2016-2017	2017-2018
CB01: Course Number	CB02: Course Title	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total	Annual # Sections	Annual Enrollment Total
NUTR 100 F	Careers in Nutrition and Foods	No data	No data	3	61
NUTR 210 F	Human Nutrition	35	1,470	29	1,254
NUTR 210HF	Honors Human Nutrition	No data	No data	No data	No data
FOOD 102 F	Introduction to Foods	4	79	4	64
FOOD 110 F	Food Safety and Sanitation	No data	No data	2	38
FOOD 060 F	Food for Fitness	2	30	2	29
FOOD 070 F	Nutrition Concepts and Food Preparation for Vegetarians	2	28	2	27
FOOD 130 F	Cultural Aspects of Foods	3	48	2	30

The Nutrition and Foods department seeks to create a dynamic learning eco-system that prepares students for careers, position advancements and/or higher-level degrees through practical, real-world and community experiences in and out of the classroom.

This certificate requires a total of 13-14 units.  A minimum grade of C is required in each course taken.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
NUTR 100 F	Careers in Nutrition and Foods	2	Y1/S1
NUTR 210 F or NUTR 210 HF	Human Nutrition or Honors Human Nutrition	3	Y1/S1
FOOD 102 F	Introduction to Foods	3	Y1/S2
FOOD 110 F	Food Safety and Sanitation	3	Y1/S2
FOOD 060 F or FOOD 070 F or FOOD 130 F	Foods for Fitness or Nutrition Concepts and Food Preparation for Vegetarians or Cultural Aspects of Food	2 or 3	Y1/S1 or S2

No active inventory records need to be made inactive or changed as a result of approval of the Nutrition and Foods Certificate. This certificate does not replace any existing program.

Mt. San Antonio College offers a 9 unit Nutrition Certificate. This program closely resembles our proposed certificate, although our certificate requires one more class. Saddleback College offers a 19-22 unit Nutrition Certificate. The core courses are similar to the core courses in the proposed Fullerton College Nutrition and Foods Certificate but they offer more courses and require more units in the restricted electives.

We project that 20-30 students will complete the Nutrition and Foods Certificate each year.