Human Biology, Health and Society Major
HBHS Major
The requirements listed below pertain to all students matriculating in August 2022 and January 2023.
In addition to college requirements , students in the HBHS Major must complete specific requirements listed here.
Natural Science Perspective on Health Selectives
Natural Science Perspective on Health Selectives (6+ credits)
Courses should cover some aspect of health (including nutrition) from a life science perspective. More than half of the course content must be devoted to consideration of health/life course/disease issues from a life science/biological perspective (e.g. biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, neuroscience, evolution, animal science, food science, plant sciences, and other natural science disciplines). Course work taken for HBHS Selectives may not also count for Biology Electives. See the Requirements for HBHS majors for regular updates to course options and information; new options are available to all class years.
NS 2750 - [Human Biology and Evolution] (3 cr)
NS 3030 - Nutrition, Health and Vegetarian Diets (3 cr)
NS 3060 - [Nutrition and Global Health] (3 cr)
NS 3150 - Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight (3 cr)
NS 3310 - Human Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism (4 cr)
NS 3320 - Methods in Nutritional Sciences (3 cr)
NS 3450 - Introduction to Physiochemical and Biological Aspects of Foods (3 cr)
NS 4200 - Diet and the Microbiome (3 cr)
NS 4300 - Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition (3 cr)
NS 4410 - Nutrition and Disease (4 cr)
NS 4420 - Implementation of Nutrition Care (3 cr; enrollment restricted – priority to Dietetics students)
NS 6140 - Topics in Maternal and Child Nutrition (3 cr)
NS 6310 - Micronutrients: Function, Homeostasis, and Assessment (2-4 cr)
NS 6320 - Regulation of Macronutrient Metabolism (4 cr)
BIOMG 4390 - Molecular Basis of Disease (3 cr)
BIOMI 2500 - Public Health Microbiology (3 cr)
BIOMI 2600 - Microbiology of Human Contagious Diseases (3 cr)
BIOMI 2950 - Biology of Infectious Disease: From Molecules to Ecosystems (3 cr)
BIOMI 3210 - Human Microbes and Health (3 cr)
BIONB 3215 /FGSS 3210 /LGBT 3210 - Gender and the Brain (3 cr)
FSAD 4390 - Biomedical Materials and Devices for Human Body Repair (3 cr)
HD 2200 - The Human Brain and Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (3 cr)
HD 3250 - Neurochemistry of Human Behavior (3 cr)
HD 3660 - Affective and Social Neuroscience (3 cr)
MSE 4610 - Biomedical Materials and Their Applications (3 cr)
PLBIO 2100 - Medical Ethnobotany (3 cr)
Introductory Chemistry
Introductory Chemistry (8 credits)
This fulfills the college distribution natural sciences requirement.
Choose one of the following options:
(a) CHEM 2070 - General Chemistry I (4 cr) and CHEM 2080 - General Chemistry II (4 cr)1
(b) (AP Chemistry score of 5 or IB Chemistry score of 6 or 7) and CHEM 2080 - General Chemistry II (4 cr)2
(c) (AP Chemistry score of 5 or IB Chemistry score of 6 or 7) and CHEM 2150 - Honors General and Inorganic Chemistry (4 cr)3
1Recommended for nearly all students, especially those on or considering a pre-health (e.g. pre-med) track.
2Students may use an AP Chemistry score of 5 or an IB Chemistry score of 6 or 7 to place out of CHEM 2070. Pre-health (e.g. pre-med) students should not use AP scores to fulfill chemistry requirements. Students who take CHEM 2070 forfeit AP or IB credit.
3Students should only select option (c) if they are very strong in chemistry and are not considering a pre-health (e.g. pre-med) track.
HBHS Biology Electives
Biology Electives (6 credits)
6 additional credits selected from didactic courses that relate to human biology. Any course that requires one year of introductory biology of above (e.g. another advanced biology course) as a pre-requisite fulfills this category; the below list only provides examples. Course work taken for Biology Electives may not also count for Biochemistry or HBHS Selectives. May not include Special Studies or independent research credits (e.g., NS 4000 , 4010 , 4020 , 4030 , or 4990 or non-DNS equivalent). Possible areas of study include:
• Genetics, recommended (including BIOMG 2800 and BIOMG 2820 )
• Microbiology (including BIOMI 2900 , if not used for Biochem req.)
• Neurobiology (including BIONB 2210 , BIONB 2220 and BIONB 4280 )
• Cell Biology (including BIOMG 4320 )
• Physiology (including BIOAP 4890 . May use NS 3410 or BIOAP 3110 if both are taken)
• Biochemistry (may not include BIOMG 3300 , BIOMG 3310 , or BIOMG 3320 , BIOMG 3350 , or NS 3200 )
• Nutrition (may use NS 3030 , NS 3310 , NS 3420 , NS 4200 , NS 4300 , or NS 4410 – if these are not used as a HBHS Selective)