The mission of Winthrop University's human nutrition undergraduate degree, food systems management option, is to prepare students for entry-level positions in food systems administration in institutional and commercial food service settings.  

Students completing degree requirements for the Food Systems Management Option are eligible to apply for a minor in business administration. The minor in business administration consists of 18 hours of the following: BADM 180, ACCT 280, two of the following: MGMT 321, MKTG 380, FINC 311; two of the following, one of which must be above 299: ACCT 281, CSCI 207, ECON 215, ECON 216, HCMT 200, QMTH 205 or any course above 299 in ACCT, BADM, ECON, ENTR, FINC, HCMT, MGMT, or MKTG.  Proficiency in computer applications equivalent to the level required for the successful completion of CSCI 101 and three from CSCI 101A, B, C or P.   

A minor in Health Care Management consists of 15 semester hours as follows:  BADM 180, HCMT 200, 300, 302 and 303. Students completing the Food Systems Management Option could add the Health Care Management Minor by successfully completing HCMT 302 and 303 in addition to the FSM degree option required courses.

Career opportunities: graduates are recruited by food systems management companies.  Sales positions with food and equipment companies offer additional career opportunities.

Courses of Study

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Major Requirements - 74 semester hours

Major Courses

   NUTR 221  Human Nutrition (3)

   NUTR 231  Food Composition (3)

   NUTR 232  Food Composition Laboratory (1)  

   NUTR 227  Medical Terminology (1)

   NUTR 340-C Co-operative Education (3)

   NUTR 370  Cultural Foods (3)

   NUTR 371  Foodservice Systems (3)

   NUTR 421  Nutrition through the Life Span (3)

   NUTR 471  Institutional Foodservice Procurement and Production (3)

   NUTR 523  Food Science Principles (3)

   NUTR 524  Sensory and Objective Evaluation of Foods (1)

   NUTR 534  Seminar in Human Nutrition (3)

   HCMT 200  Introduction to Health Care Management (3)

   ACCT 280  Accounting Information for Business Decisions I (3)

   ACCT 281  Accounting Information for Business Decisions II (3)

   BADM 180 Contemporary Business Issues (3)

   BIOL  101   Human Biology (3)

   CHEM 105  General Chemistry I (3)

   CHEM 106  General Chemistry II (3)

   CHEM 107  General Chemistry Laboratory (1) *taken concurrently with CHEM 105

   CHEM 108  General Chemistry Laboratory (1) *taken concurrently with CHEM 106

   FINC   311  Principles of Finance (3)

   HCMT 200  Introduction to Health Care Management (3)

   HCMT 300  Health Care Manager (3) 

   MGMT 321  Principles of Management (3)

   MGMT 422  Human Resources Management (3)

   SOCL  314  Race and Ethnic Relations (3)

   Select three semester hours from:

           PSYC 516  Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3)

      or  SPCH 304  Small Group Communication (3)

      or  PHIL  230  Introduction to Ethics (3)

      or  PHIL  320  Professional Ethics (3)

General Education Requirements - 45-50 semester hours

   ACAD 101 (0-1) - required for first time freshmen only

Critical Writing and Critical Thinking

   WRIT  101  Composition (3)

   CRTW 201  Critical Reading, Thinking , and Writing (3)

Quantitative Skills

   MATH 150 or MATH 105 or Math 201 or a MATH course with MATH 201 as a prerequisite - Quantitative       Methods in Critical Thinking (3) or Calculus for the Managerial and Life Sciences (3) or Calculus I (3)

Logic/Language/Semiotics

   Foreign Language (102-level proficiency) (3-4)

   MATH 141  Finite Probability and Statistics (3)

Oral Communication

   SPCH 201  Public Speaking (3)

Technology

   CSCI 101 and three of CSCI 101 A, B, C or P  Introduction to Computers and Information Processing (3) 

Skills for Common Experience and Thinking Across the Disciplines

   HMXP 102 The Human Experience: Who Am I? (3)

   Global Perspectives - See approved list

   Historical Perspectives - See approved list

Developing Critical Skills and Applying them to Disciplines

Natural Science - met in major

Social Science

   SOCL 101  Social Problems and Social Policy (3)

   PSYC 101  General Psychology (3)

   ECON 215 or ECON 216  Principles of Microeconomics (3) or Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

Humanities and Art - select at least two courses from two different subject areas.  See approved list.

Intensive Writing - met in major

Constitution Requirement - See approved list; may be met by another requirement

Foreign Language Requirement* - 0-4 semester hours

Elective - 0-7 semester hours

Total Semester Hours - 124 hours

*Students completing the required program in BS Human Nutrition must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at or above the second semester college level.  This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized proficiency examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite.  A maximum of 3 semester hours may be applied to the Logic/Language/Semiotics Area.

The Winthrop University Online Undergraduate Catalog also lists the BS Human Food Systems Management Option degree requirements, with descriptions of the courses listed above.

revised 2009