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In accordance with the vision and mission of Northwest Missouri State Uni-versity, the philosophy of the Foods and Nutrition program in to provide quality education experiences, which are student-centered, use “leading-edge technologies,” and maintain commitment to continuous improvement. The mission of the Foods and Nutrition program is to prepare competent and productive members of the nutrition and food service profession. These graduates will possess lifelong learning skills. The graduates, as professionals, will perform as enablers to help individuals and families sustain and enhance their quality of life in a dynamic world. This program will prepare graduates to pursue graduate study, to pursue a supervised practice program or to provide quality service to individuals and families in clinical, foodservice and community setting.
Advanced Standing Requirement
Students majoring in Foods and Nutrition must meet the requirement for ad-vanced standing, which requires that every student complete 15 credit hours including ENGL 10111 and ENGL 10112, COM 29102, a course meeting the math-ematics requirement, and CSIS 44130 by the end of the sophomore year. A student must present a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in these courses. In addition, all Foods and Nutrition majors must complete a 100- or 200-level course required for their major and FCS 15201 before being per-mitted to take any 300- or 400-level course within the major.