Community Nutrition Minor

Should I add the Community Nutrition Minor?

Add the Community Nutrition Minor if you want to explore the connection between food, health and community well-being — especially in schools, nonprofits, businesses or public health programs.

This minor pairs well with any major, including:

• Agricultural sciences: Link human nutrition to food production and sustainability.
• Business: Apply nutrition and wellness insights to workplace or community engagement.
• Earth, ocean, and atmospheric sciences: Examine how environmental factors influence food systems and health.
• Education: Prepare to support well-being and nutrition in K-12 settings.
• Engineering: Understand how technology and design can improve food access and safety.
• Forestry: Explore nutrition’s role in sustainable communities and outdoor education.
• Human development and family sciences: Support family and community health initiatives.
• Kinesiology: Enhance your understanding of the relationship between nutrition and physical activity.
• Liberal arts or science: Add applied health perspectives to your studies.
• Public health: Broaden your expertise in health promotion, outreach and policy.
• Honors College: Integrate nutrition and community well-being into research or service projects.

What you’ll learn

By completing the Community Nutrition Minor, you’ll be able to:

• Identify food sources of key nutrients across cultures and life stages based on community needs
• Explain how food behaviors, nutrient intake and physical activity relate to disease risk across the lifespan
• Review and evaluate consumer-level and evidence-based nutrition resources and interventions
• Assess community-level nutrition and food programs, policies and environments using a health equity lens
• Apply cultural humility when examining global food patterns and community needs

Requirements

To earn the community nutrition minor, you must meet the eligibility requirements and complete the required courses.

Eligibility requirements

All majors may add the community nutrition minor.

• Have a minimum OSU GPA of 2.0
• All courses must be taken for a letter (A-F) grade
• No more than two attempts at any course or pre-requisite
• Have a minimum C- grade in any course or prerequisite

Required courses

Some of the courses in the minor have additional prerequisites or grade requirements that are separate from the minor.