{"id":5687,"date":"2025-09-12T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program-page&p=5687"},"modified":"2026-01-13T06:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:50:57","slug":"bs-nutrition-and-food-science","status":"publish","type":"program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/bs-nutrition-and-food-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition and Food Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nutrition and Food Science<\/h1>

BS<\/a> • Major<\/a>, Minor<\/a><\/p>

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Have you thought about how to help to make a better, healthier world? There has never been a more important time to launch a career in Nutrition and Food Studies. As a Nutrition and Food Science student, you will be exposed to a wide variety of career opportunities. Our course offerings traverse the foodscape: Applied Nutrition and Wellness, Dietetics, Food Science and Sustainable Food Systems. You will learn where our food comes from, how it is produced and distributed, how our bodies process and digest food, clinical and community nutrition applications, food safety, innovative food product development, health and so much more. Our programs educate and prepare students as citizens and practitioners with understanding of social justice and food equity issues, both local and global.<\/p>\n

Our academic programs, both graduate and undergraduate, emphasize applied experience, and offer a solid foundation of classroom and lab study, numerous opportunities for hands-on fieldwork and internships. You will be prepared for a variety of careers within the vast sphere of food, which, with its attendant industries (agriculture, manufacturing, distribution, R&D and more) is the largest contributor of gross domestic product worldwide and the largest provider of jobs and careers.<\/p>\n

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