# Nutrition (NUTR) courses

Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://solano.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog2025-2026/department/nutrition

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Spring 2026.

### NUTR 010 — Nutrition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **Advisory:** Eligibility for ENGL 001 or ENGL 001E.
- **C-ID:** NUTR 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2026, 11 sections (/c/solano-community-college/schedule/spring-2026/nutr.md)
- General Education: SCC: Area 5; Local District Requirement – Health, Lifelong Learning & Self Development

Study of the scientific concepts of human nutrition. Essential nutrients, functions, chemical compositions of foods and their utilization in the body will be covered. The course will emphasize topics such as weight loss, sports nutrition, food safety, the diet-disease relationship, global nutrition, and analysis of special nutritional requirements during the lifecycle. Students utilize computer technology and nutritional assessment methods to evaluate personal dietary habits.

### NUTR 012 — Current Topics in Nutrition

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hours lecture weekly, 18 contact hours total
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Spring 2026 schedule

Introduction to the methods of evaluating current nutritional topics, determining reliable and unreliable sources of information and judging validity of experimental design. This course provides opportunities to study current topics in nutrition.

### NUTR 054 — Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- **Advisory:** CDFS 038 (Child Growth and Development) and CDFS 062 (Introduction to Early Childhood Education: Principles and Practices)
- **C-ID:** ECE 220
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Spring 2026 schedule
- General Education: SCC: Local District Requirement – Health, Lifelong Learning & Self Development

Introduction to the laws, regulations, standards, policies and procedures and early childhood curriculum related to child health safety and nutrition. The key components that ensure physical health, mental health and safety for both children and staff will be identified along with the importance of collaboration with families and health professionals. Focus on integrating the concepts into everyday planning and program development for all children. Course Equivalent: CDFS 054