The public health nutrition curriculum includes emphasis on health promotion, as well as human nutrition, and allows opportunities for pursuing a secondary major, such as gerontology, international studies, or women's studies.
Students also gain firsthand experience with public health issues through completion of a practicum.
Opportunities are available with local health departments, community wellness programs as well as various agencies involved in international development. The student will select a secondary major such as the following in consultation with the faculty advisor. Requirements will fit the precedent established by each secondary major. Women's Studies Students should see an advisor in the selected secondary major before the junior year. Requirements for each secondary major can be found in the Secondary Majors section of the K-State Undergraduate Catalog.