Human Biology, Health, and Society (BS)

Introductory Course

1. NS 1400

   Introduction to Human Biology, Health, and Society
   3

Survey Course

Select one of the following:

1. NS 1150

   Nutrition, Health, and Society
   3
2. NS 1220

   Nutrition and the Life Cycle
   3

Social Science Perspective on Health Sciences (6+ Credits)

1. NS 2450

   Social Science Perspectives on Food and Nutrition
   3
2. NS 4250

   Nutrition Communications and Counseling
   3
3. NS/AEM 4450

   Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries

   Not resolved to a course
   3
4. NS 4480

   Economics of Food and Malnutrition
   3
5. NS 4500

   Public Health Nutrition
   3
6. NS 4510

   Nutrition and Health Equity
   3
7. NS 4570/ECON 3910

   Health, Poverty, and Inequality: A Global Perspective

   Not resolved to a course
   3
8. COMM 2850

   Communication, Environment, Science, and Health
   3
9. COMM 4760

   Population Health Communication
   3
10. GDEV 3020

    Political Ecologies of Health
    3
11. GDEV 3111

    Social Studies of Medicine
    3
12. HD 2170

    Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
    3
13. HD 2180

    Human Development: Adulthood and Aging
    3
14. HD 2250

    Introduction to Psychopathology
    3
15. HD 2300

    Cognitive Development
    3
16. HD 2510

    Social Gerontology: Aging and the Life Course
    3
17. HD 2600/PSYCH 2750

    Introduction to Personality

    Not resolved to a course
    3
18. HD 3290

    Self-regulation Across the Life Span
    3
19. HD 3300

    Developmental Psychopathology
    3
20. HD 3490

    The Science of Well-Being
    3
21. HD 3620

    Human Bonding
    3
22. HD 4110

    Advanced Seminar in Psychopathology
    3
23. PUBPOL 2350

    The U.S. Health Care System
    3
24. PUBPOL 3110

    Pharmaceutical Management and Policy
    3
25. PUBPOL 3280

    Fundamentals of Population Health
    3
26. PUBPOL 3320

    Mental Health Care Delivery and Policy
    3
27. PUBPOL 3780

    Global Comparative Health Care Systems
    3
28. PUBPOL 3870

    Economic Evaluations in Health Care
    3
29. PUBPOL 4280/ECON 3710

    The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

    Not resolved to a course
    4

Natural Science Perspective on Health Selectives (6+ Credits)

1. NS 3060

   Nutrition and Global Health
   3
2. NS 3150

   Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight
   3
3. NS 3310

   Human Nutrition and Nutrient Metabolism
   4
4. NS 3320

   Methods in Nutritional Sciences
   3
5. NS 3450

   Introduction to Physiochemical and Biological Aspects of Foods
   3
6. NS 4140

   Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health
   3
7. NS 4200

   Diet and the Microbiome
   3
8. NS 4300

   Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
   3
9. NS 4330

   Nutrition and the Brain
   3
10. NS 4410

    Nutrition and Disease
    4
11. NS 4420

    Implementation of Nutrition Care
    3
12. NS 4430

    Applied Anatomy and Physiology
    2
13. NS 6310

    Micronutrients: Function, Homeostasis, and Assessment
    2-4
14. NS 6320

    Regulation of Macronutrient Metabolism
    4
15. BIOMG 4390

    Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease
    3
16. BIOMI 2500

    Public Health Microbiology
    3
17. BIOMI 2600

    Microbiology of Human Contagious Diseases
    3
18. BIOMI 2950

    Biology of Infectious Disease: From Molecules to Ecosystems
    3
19. BIOMI 3210

    The Gut Microbiome
    3
20. BIOMI 4040

    Pathogenic Bacteriology
    2-3
21. BIONB 3215

    Gender and the Brain
    3
22. BIONB 3920

    Drugs and the Brain
    4
23. BIONB 4560

    Neural Control of Food Intake and Energy Metabolism
    3
24. BIONB 4750

    Sleep - Evolution and Neural Basis
    3
25. ENTOM 4000

    Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
    3
26. ENTOM 4520

    Biology of Disease Vectors
    3
27. FDSC 4220

    Foods, Dietary Supplements, and Health
    3
28. HD 2200

    The Human Brain and Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
    3
29. HD 3210

    Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
    3
30. HD 3660

    Affective and Social Neuroscience
    3
31. MSE 4610

    Biomedical Materials and Their Applications
    3
32. PLSCI 2100

    Medical Ethnobotany
    3

Nutritional Science Perspective on Health Selectives (3-4 Credits)

1. NS 3060

   Nutrition and Global Health
   3
2. NS 3150

   Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight
   3
3. NS 4140

   Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health
   3
4. NS 4200

   Diet and the Microbiome
   3
5. NS 4210

   Precision Nutrition and Health
   3
6. NS 4300

   Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
   3
7. NS 4330

   Nutrition and the Brain
   3
8. NS 4410

   Nutrition and Disease
   4
9. NS 4420

   Implementation of Nutrition Care
   3
10. NS 4450

    Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries
    3
11. NS 4480

    Economics of Food and Malnutrition
    3
12. NS 4500

    Public Health Nutrition
    3
13. NS 5510

    Nutrition Assessment
    3

Introductory Chemistry

Select one of the following:

OPTION A:

1. CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071& CHEM 2080& CHEM 2081

   General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I Laboratoryand General Chemistry IIand General Chemistry II Laboratory 1

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION B:

AP Chemistry score of 5 or IB Chemistry score of 6 or 7 and

1. CHEM 2080& CHEM 2081

   General Chemistry IIand General Chemistry II Laboratory (or) 2

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION C:

AP Chemistry score of 5 or IB Chemistry score of 6 or 7 and

1. CHEM 2150

   Honors General and Inorganic Chemistry

   As published: “Honors General and Inorganic Chemistry 3”
   4

Introductory Biology

Select one of the following:

1. BIOG 1500

   Investigative Biology Laboratory
   2
2. BIOSM 1500

   Investigative Marine Biology Laboratory
   3

Select two of the following: 4

1. BIOMG 1350

   Introductory Biology: Cell and Developmental Biology
   3
2. BIOG 1440

   Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology

   As published: “Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology 5”

   or: BIOG 1445 Introduction to Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Individualized Instruction
   3
3. BIOEE 1610

   Introductory Biology: Ecology and the Environment

   As published: “Introductory Biology: Ecology and the Environment 5”

   or: BIOEE 1780 An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
   3-4

Physics

Select one of the following: 6

1. PHYS 2207

   Fundamentals of Physics I
   4
2. PHYS 2208

   Fundamentals of Physics II
   4

Organic Chemistry Lecture

Select one of the following options:

OPTION A:

1. CHEM 1570

   Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
   3

OPTION B: 7,8

1. CHEM 3570& CHEM 3580

   Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciencesand Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION C: 7,8

1. CHEM 3590& CHEM 3600

   Honors Organic Chemistry Iand Honors Organic Chemistry II

   Not resolved to a course

Organic Chemistry Lab

1. CHEM 2510

   Introduction to Experimental Organic Chemistry

   or: CHEM 3010 Honors Experimental Chemistry I
   2

Physiology

Select one of the following:

1. NS 3410

   Human Anatomy and Physiology
   4
2. BIOAP 3110

   Principles of Animal Physiology
   3

Biochemistry

Select one of the following:

1. NS 3200

   Introduction to Human Biochemistry
   4
2. BIOMG 3300

   Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction
   4
3. BIOMG 3310& BIOMG 3320

   Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolismand Principles of Biochemistry: Molecular Biology

   Not resolved to a course
4. BIOMG 3310& BIOMI 2900

   Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolismand General Microbiology Lectures

   Not resolved to a course
5. BIOMG 3350

   Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology
   4

First Year Writing Seminars (6 Credits)

Select one of the following options:

OPTION A:

Two FWS Courses

OPTION B:

AP Literature or Language score of 5 or IB Literature or Language score of 7 (AND)

One FWS Course

Calculus/Advanced Math

Select one of the following:

1. MATH 1105

   Finite Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences

   As published: “Finite Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences 9”
   3
2. MATH 1106

   Modeling with Calculus for the Life Sciences
   4
3. MATH 1110

   Calculus I
   4
4. MATH 1120

   Calculus II
   4

AB or BC Calculus AP Exam 10

Statistics

Select one of the following: 11,12

1. STSCI/ILRST 2100

   Introductory Statistics and Data Science

   Not resolved to a course
2. STSCI 2150

   Introductory Statistics for Biology

   As published: “Introductory Statistics for Biology (recommended)”
   4
3. STSCI 2200

   Statistics I
   4
4. PUBPOL 2100

   Introduction to Statistics
   4
5. AEM 2100

   Introductory Statistics
   4
6. PSYCH 2500

   Statistics and Research Design
   3
7. SOC 3010

   Statistics for Sociological Research
   4

Outside of Human Biology, Health, and Society Requirement (11 Credits)

Students must complete a minimum of 11 total credits from the subject areas listed below: 13,14

Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA)

Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD)

Human Development (HD)

Human Ecology non-departmental (HE) at the 1500 level or higher

Public Policy (PUBPOL)

Human Ecology Core Requirement1,2

Core Courses

1. HE 1800

   Blazing Your Trail in Human Ecology

   As published: “Blazing Your Trail in Human Ecology (Required in the first fall semester of matriculation to Human Ecology) 1”
   1
2. HE 1850

   Introduction to Human Ecology

   As published: “Introduction to Human Ecology (Required in the first spring semester of matriculation to Human Ecology)”
   1
3. HE 2000

   Social Justice, Thriving, and the Human Experience

   As published: “Social Justice, Thriving, and the Human Experience 2”
   2

Human Ecology Distribution Requirement

Natural Sciences 3

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Natural Sciences requirement:

BIO-AG, BIO-AS, BSC-AG, PBS-HE, PHS-AS, PSC-AG

Social Sciences

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Social Sciences requirement:

ETH-AG, ETM-AS, KCM-AG, KCM-HE, SBA-AG, SBA-HE, SSC-AAP, SSC-AS, SSC-HA

Humanities

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Humanities requirement:

ALC-AAP, ALC-AS, ALC-HA, CA-AG, CA-HE, HA-AG, HA-HE, HST-AS, LA-AG

Quantitative Analysis

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Quantitative Analysis requirement:

DLG-AG, DLS-AG, MQL-AG, MQR-AAP, MQR-HE

First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) - Must be completed during the first two semesters at Cornell 4

Select one of the following options:

Two Knight Program First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) courses

One Knight Program First-Year Writing Seminar course and a score of 5* on AP English Language or AP English Literature

One Knight Program First-Year Writing Seminar course and a score of 7* on IB English Literature or IB English Language

45 Human Ecology Credit Requirement4,5,6

Students must complete a minimum of 45 credits from the following Human Ecology subject areas:

Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA)

Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD)

Human Development (HD)

Human Ecology non-departmental (HE) at the 1500 level or higher

Nutritional Sciences (NS)

Public Policy (PUBPOL)

Advanced Placement and Advanced Standing Credit

FWS (English Language/English Literature)

AP Credits

Score of 5 = 3 credits; placement out of one First‑Year Writing Seminar

IB Credits

Score of 7 = 3 credits; placement out of one First‑Year Writing Seminar

Psychology

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

Statistics

AP, IB, A*/A credits not accepted

Economics (Micro/Macro)

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A*/A accepted

Calculus

AP Credits (AB/BC)

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A*/A accepted

Biology 1

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A accepted

Chemistry

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A/A* accepted

Physics

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-level Credits

Score of A/A* accepted