Information on the admission process is available on the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications may be submitted via the Common Application.
Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st Street NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20052
Contact for questions:
gwadm@gwu.edu or 202-994-6040
The following requirements must be fulfilled: 120 total credits, including 26 credits in courses that count toward the University General Education Requirement, 34 credits in nutrition core courses, 18 credits in approved guided elective courses, and 42 credits in general electives.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| University General Education Requirement | ||
| UW 1020 | University Writing | |
| or HONR 1015 | Honors Seminar: UW 1020: Origins and Evolution of Modern Thought | |
| 6 credits taken in at least two writing in the disciplines (WID) courses in two or more separate semesters. | ||
| One critical analysis in the humanities course. | ||
| One quantitative reasoning course. For exercise science and nutrition majors, must be satisfied with one of the following: STAT 1051, STAT 1053, STAT 1127, or PUBH 2142. Except for PUBH 2142, these courses count toward the General Education Requirement. | ||
| One scientific reasoning course with laboratory experience. For exercise science and nutrition majors, must be satisfied with BISC 1111. | ||
| Two critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, or scientific reasoning in the social sciences courses. For exercise science and nutrition majors, must be satisfied with one of the following: ANTH 1002, ANTH 1003, or ANTH 1004; and one of the following: COMM 1040 or COMM 1041. | ||
Information about approved courses can be found under University General Education Requirement.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required core nutrition courses | ||
| 34 credits in core nutrition courses. Students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 2.5 in nutrition core courses with a minimum grade of C- in each course. | ||
| PUBH 1010 | First-Year Experience in Public Health | |
| EXNS 1109 | Professional Foundations in Nutrition | |
| EXNS 1110 | Applied Anatomy and Physiology I | |
| EXNS 1111 | Applied Anatomy and Physiology II | |
| CHEM 1110 | Fundamentals of Chemistry | |
| EXNS 2119 | Introduction to Nutrition Science | |
| EXNS 2120 | Assessment of Nutritional Status | |
| EXNS 2123 | Nutrition and Chronic Disease | |
| EXNS 2124 | Lifecycle Nutrition | |
| EXNS 3111W | Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Research Methods | |
| EXNS 4112 | Nutrition Senior Capstone Seminar | |
| PUBH 1101 | Introduction to Public Health and Health Services | |
| PSYC 1001 | General Psychology | |
| ANTH 1002 | Sociocultural Anthropology * | |
| or ANTH 1003 | Archaeology | |
| or ANTH 1004 | Language in Culture and Society | |
| BISC 1111 | Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules * | |
| COMM 1040 | Public Communication * | |
| or COMM 1041 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| STAT 1051 | Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics (PUBH 2142 does not count toward the General Education Requirement.) * | |
| or STAT 1053 | Introduction to Statistics in Social Science | |
| or STAT 1127 | Statistics for the Biological Sciences | |
| or PUBH 2142 | Introduction to Biostatistics for Public Health | |
| *The ANTH, BISC, COMM, and STAT courses count toward the General Education Requirement; however, while required, they do not count toward the 34 credits in nutrition core courses. PUBH 2142 does not count toward the General Education requirement, but it does count as a nutrition core course. | ||
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Electives | ||
| 60 credits in elective courses, including 18 credits in approved guided elective courses, selected in consultation with the advisor, and 42 credits in general elective courses. | ||
| No more than 3 credits in Lifestyle, Sport, and Physical Activity (LSPA) courses may be counted toward the 120 credits required for the bachelor's degree. LSPA courses count as general electives. | ||
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrition guided electives | ||
| The courses listed below have been identified as highly relevant to the BS in nutrition curriculum. | ||
| Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 1005 | The Biological Bases of Human Behavior | |
| ANTH 3413 | Evolution of the Human Brain | |
| ANTH 3504 | Illness, Healing, and Culture | |
| Biological sciences | ||
| BISC 2202 | Cell Biology | |
| BISC 2207 | Genetics | |
| BISC 2213 | Biology of Cancer | |
| BISC 2214 | Developmental Biology | |
| BISC 2220 | Developmental Neurobiology | |
| BISC 2320 | Neural Circuits and Behavior | |
| BISC 2322 | Human Physiology | |
| BISC 2336 | Introductory Microbiology | |
| BISC 2337 | Introductory Microbiology Laboratory | |
| BISC 2581 | Human Gross Anatomy | |
| BISC 2583 | Biology of Proteins | |
| BISC 3165 | Biochemistry I | |
| BISC 3209 | Molecular Biology | |
| BISC 3212 | Immunology | |
| BISC 3262 | Biochemistry Laboratory | |
| BISC 3263 | Special Topics in Biochemistry | |
| BISC 3320 | Human Neurobiology | |
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 3166 | Biochemistry II | |
| or CHEM 3166W | Biochemistry II | |
| CHEM 3262 | Biochemistry Laboratory | |
| CHEM 3263W | Special Topics in Biochemistry | |
| CHEM 3564 | Lipid Biotechnology | |
| CHEM 4122 | Instrumental Analytical Chemistry | |
| Emergency health services | ||
| EHS 1002 | CPR and First Aid | |
| EHS 1040 | Emergency Medical Tech-Basic | |
| EHS 1041 | EMT - Basic Lab | |
| EHS 1058 | EMT Instructor Development | |
| EHS 2108 | Emergency Medicine Clinical Scribe | |
| EHS 2110 | Emergency Department Critical Care Assessment and Procedures | |
| Exercise and nutrition sciences | ||
| EXNS 1113 | Medical Terminology | |
| EXNS 1114 | Community Nutrition | |
| EXNS 1118 | ||
| EXNS 2111 | Exercise Physiology I | |
| EXNS 2112 | Exercise Physiology II | |
| EXNS 2116 | Exercise and Health Psychology | |
| EXNS 2122 | Food Systems in Public Health | |
| EXNS 2126W | International Nutrition | |
| EXNS 2127 | Introduction to Food Policy | |
| EXNS 3101 | Independent Study (Only 3 credits in these courses may be counted as guided electives; additional credits count as general electives.) | |
| or EXNS 3110 | Field Experience - Exercise and Nutrition Sciences | |
| or EXNS 3995 | Undergraduate Research | |
| EXNS 4199 | Advanced Topics in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (only in the topic Metabolism in Exercise and Nutrition Science.) | |
| Health and wellness** | ||
| HLWL 1102 | Stress Management | |
| HLWL 1106 | Drug Awareness | |
| HLWL 1108 | Weight and Society | |
| HLWL 1114 | Personal Health and Wellness | |
| HLWL 1117 | Lifetime Fitness | |
| Health sciences | ||
| HSCI 2101 | Psychosocial Aspects of Health and Illness (residential and online) | |
| HSCI 2102 | Pathophysiology (online only) | |
| HSCI 2110 | Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Concepts (online only) | |
| HSCI 2112W | Writing in the Health Sciences (online only) | |
| HSCI 3113 | Health Policy and the Health Care System (online only) | |
| Psychology | ||
| PSYC 2011 | Abnormal Psychology | |
| or PSYC 2011W | Abnormal Psychology | |
| PSYC 2013 | Developmental Psychology | |
| PSYC 2014 | Cognitive Psychology | |
| PSYC 2015 | Biological Psychology | |
| PSYC 2570 | Peer Education | |
| PSYC 3128 | Health Psychology | |
| Public health | ||
| PUBH 1102 | History of Public Health | |
| PUBH 2110 | Public Health Biology | |
| PUBH 2112 | Principles of Health Education and Health Promotion | |
| PUBH 2113 | Impact of Culture upon Health | |
| PUBH 2117 | Service Learning in Public Health | |
| PUBH 3130 | Health Services Management and Economics | |
| PUBH 3131 | Epidemiology (Required for the applied nutrition concentration) | |
| PUBH 3135W | Health Policy | |
| PUBH 3151W | Current Issues in Bioethics | |
**Courses offered online may only be taken in the summer term.