This program encompasses key topics for future entrepreneurs and food service professionals. You’ll learn how nutrition impacts health through factors such as lifelong health, culture and community. You’ll also gain the expertise to manage food service enterprises through skills in management and strategy, communication, purchasing and leadership. This program’s curriculum explores routes for innovation within the food industry and covers a range of topics, including:
- Agriculture.
- Blogging.
- Business.
- Food marketing.
- Food purchasing.
- Food science.
- Leadership.
- Management.
- Podcasting.
- Research and development.
- Social media.
- Sustainability.
Additionally, this program blends experiential learning into the curriculum. You’ll complete a 60-hour practicum with specialists in the field and have the opportunity to test to become ServeSafe® certified.
Who’s a good fit for this program?
This BAS in applied nutrition and health is ideal for those interested in nutrition and finding new ways to communicate with the public about nutrition and health, without the heavy science-focus present in similar degrees. You’ll study nutrition principles and develop business skills to advance your culinary career. You’ll also work with specialists in food and nutrition to gain hands-on leadership and management experience.
This program can prepare you for higher-level careers, such as a head cook, first-line supervisor or food service manager. You may also develop capabilities to launch a food- or nutrition-related startup or offer professional consulting services on your own.
Please note, the BAS in applied nutrition and health doesn’t provide a direct pathway to become a registered dietitian (RD) or dietitian nutritionist (RDN) and doesn’t result in a DPD verification. If you’re interested in becoming a registered dietitian, please ensure that you meet the advanced degree requirements, including specific courses and internship hours, needed to pursue a graduate program in dietetics. Students can review the ACEND website to review advanced degree programs to consider.
How is a Bachelor of Applied Science degree different from a BA or BS degree?
Bachelor of Applied Science degrees are designed specifically for students who’ve earned an Associate of Applied Science.
- Students who’ve earned an AAS from a regionally accredited institution may transfer 60 credit hours toward their BAS.
- Students who’ve earned an AAS from a regionally accredited Arizona community college may be eligible to transfer up to 75 credits toward their BAS.
Please plan to meet with an academic advisor to ensure your courses will meet degree requirements.
If you don’t have an AAS and aren’t planning to earn one, you may be interested in ASU Online’s Bachelor of Science in applied nutrition and health.
Do you want to pair your culinary expertise with business acumen to innovate in the food and nutrition industry? Arizona State University’s Bachelor of Applied Science in applied nutrition and health prepares you to make a meaningful impact on health and wellness through nutrition within a company, organization or community, or to work in a food service industry. This BAS is designed specifically for students who’ve earned an Associate of Applied Science. Don’t have an AAS? Check out our Bachelor of Science in applied nutrition and health.
Throughout your coursework, you’ll learn about the cultural aspects of food, nutrition communication and management of food service systems. You’ll also study accounting, financial analysis, marketing and more.
The College of Health Solutions faculty displays a high level of research expertise, focused on creating a better future for all. Our faculty are lifelong learners dedicated to improving health outcomes for the communities we serve. Some of their research focuses on:
- Discovering the impact of the environment and policy on food security and community health.
- Exploring mechanisms involved in the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- Harnessing big data to improve patient outcomes.
- Incorporating advanced technology to monitor and promote healthy lifestyles.
- Using state-of-the-art cognitive, behavioral and neuroscience techniques to study the components of human communication.
In the College of Health Solutions, students learn and prepare to become the health workforce of the future. Faculty and students also collaborate to research solutions to pressing global health challenges. Partnerships with the medical community offer students access to professional resources and networking opportunities with Mayo Clinic, Banner Health, HonorHealth, Dignity Health and more.
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You’re eligible to apply for this program if you have attended one or more regionally accredited colleges or universities and earned your Associate of Applied Science (AAS). To apply to a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) program at ASU, please follow these steps.
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Bachelor of Applied Science degrees are designed specifically for students who have earned an Associate of Applied Science.
Students who have earned an AAS from a regionally accredited institution may transfer 60 credit hours toward their BAS.
Students who have earned an AAS degree from a regionally accredited Arizona community college may be eligible to transfer up to 75 credits toward their BAS.
Students pursuing this degree may have more than 60 credit hours to complete in order to obtain their Bachelor of Applied Science following transfer to ASU. In completing the bachelor's degree program, students fulfill all ASU graduation requirements.
Take your first step toward transferring to ASU Online by completing the online application. The application takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. You will be required to submit a nonrefundable application fee.
- $70: ASU Online programs.
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