Food and Nutrition
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The Associate of Science Degree in Food and Nutrition provides a broad education in arts and sciences with an emphasis on food, nutrition, and health subject areas. Coursework may prepare students to apply to food and nutrition degree programs at other universities across Canada.
The Associate of Science Degree in Food and Nutrition is designed for students who are unable to meet the admission or progression requirements for the Diploma in Arts and Science (Food, Nutrition, and Health Transfer), or those who need time to transition into the heavy workload of these arts and science courses.
The program prepares students to meet course requirements for application to the BSc (Food, Nutrition, and Health) program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC, with a second option for transfer into dietetics, if eligible. The dietetics major is a regulated health profession training program with specific applicant selection procedures and a second application to the dietetics major may be made at the same time. Once students have completed 54 credits of their associate degree requirements and the remainder of the courses are in progress, application can be made to the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and must meet specific UBC prequisite requirements (subject to change). The application to the UBC dietetics major is comprehensive and competitive, in part due to the restricted number of seats available in the degree program each year.
Students unable to meet the requirements of the courses in this program may prefer to consider the Diploma in Nutrition and Food Service Management.
Within the framework of the general requirements of the Associate of Science Degree, students must complete a minimum of 78 credits including:
Term Notes:
Students planning to pursue dietetics at UBC require both FNH 200 and LFS 250 as part of their application. They are advised to take these two courses via non-degree studies at UBC.
