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If you believe that nothing is more important than good health, a health and nutrition degree is right for you. This degree will help you promote good health in all contexts: locally, globally, geographically, culturally, socially, and emotionally. You can choose from a plethora of courses in every conceivable aspect of health and nutrition, from birth to old age, across three tracks—general B.A. in health, community health education, and thanatology (the study of death, dying, and bereavement). You’ll learn about health systems, health and nutrition policy and program development, the social and natural components of health and disease, and health promotion.
There are many career paths in health and nutrition sciences. Brooklyn College alumni with a degree in health and nutrition are prepared for a broad variety of careers in health, including in education, advocacy, research, and health care. They find work as administrators, health educators, social and community services workers, managers, or researchers within the public or corporate health care sector. Health and nutrition sciences majors also often pursue advanced degrees in community health education, health care administration, health care management, and many other fields.
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2024–25 academic year per the Brooklyn College Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
Health and Nutrition Sciences 1100.
All of the following: Health and Nutrition Sciences 1200 or 2210, 2109W, 2120, 2130, 2140, 3300 or Psychology 3400, and one fieldwork course chosen from Health and Nutrition Sciences 4180 or 4181.
In addition, all students must complete the requirements of the general B.A., the track in community health education, or the track in thanatology (the study of death, dying, and bereavement).
The department chair or designee may allow substitutions for one or more course requirements, consistent with the educational goals of the program.
A minimum of 12 credits from the following courses: Health and Nutrition Sciences 2100, 2111, 2131, 2150, 2170, 2171, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2215, 2220, 2221, 2300, 2301, 3110, 3112, 3161, 3170, 3171, 3230, 3314, 3330.
A minimum of six credits from the following courses: Health and Nutrition Sciences 2183, 2212, 3111, 3132, 3150, 3160, 3162, 3180, 3181, 3184, 3186, 3187, 3188, 3505, 4150, 4151, 4152, 4153, 4300, and courses numbered in the 5000s.
To help you pursue your studies in the most efficient manner, and to maximize your efforts to graduate in four years, Brooklyn College has created four-year degree maps for all its majors.
View degree maps for this major and others.
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All of the following courses: Health and Nutrition Sciences 2183, 3112, 4150, 4152.
A minimum of six additional credits chosen from HNSC courses 2000-level or higher.
All of the following thanatology-related courses: Health and Nutrition Sciences 3314, 3180, 3186, 3187.
A minimum of six credits from the following courses: Health and Nutrition Sciences 3181, 3188, 3171, 5390; Art 3151; Classics 3244 / Religion Studies 3035 / History 3025; Psychology 3260; Sociology 2402.
Brooklyn College is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the health and nutrition sciences B.A. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, including:
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