Admissions Requirements
We highly recommend that students interested in this major apply to Illinois before accumulating 50 transferable credit hours due to sequential courses. If you apply after this time, you may need five semesters total on campus to complete your degree requirements.
GPA
It is expected that applicants to this program will have a minimum GPA of 2.5 (A = 4.0).
Coursework
Students With Fewer Than 60 Graded, Transferable Credit Hours at Time of Enrollment
If you’ll enroll at Illinois with fewer than 60 graded, transferable credit hours, you must complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:
- CHEM 102, General Chemistry I
- CHEM 103, General Chemistry Lab I
- MATH 220, Calculus
Students With More Than 60 Graded, Transferable Credit Hours at Time of Enrollment
In addition to the courses listed above, if you’ll enroll at Illinois with more than 60 graded, transferable credit hours, you must complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:
- CHEM 104, General Chemistry II
- CHEM 105, General Chemistry Lab II
- CHEM 232, Elementary Organic Chemistry I
- MCB 100, Introduction Microbiology
- PHYS 101, College Physics: Mech & Heat
- STAT 100, Statistics
Admissions Recommendations
Coursework
Although it isn’t required that you do so in order to be admitted, we also recommend that you complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:
- CMN 101, Public Speaking
- FSHN 101, The Science of Food & How it Relates to You
- FSHN 120, Contemporary Nutrition
- RHET 105, Writing & Research (requires a two-course English composition sequence at most schools)
Graduation Requirements
To graduate all students are required to complete at least 45 semester hours of credit at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At least 21 of these credit hours must be at the 300 or 400 level.
General Education Courses
Included in our graduation requirements are general education (gen ed) courses. These classes allow you to gain and use broad knowledge beyond the specialized learning you’ll do through your major. Learn more about our general education requirements. You may be able to use Transferology to find gen ed courses that will transfer over from your institution to Illinois.
Language Other than English
Although this program doesn’t require you to complete our language graduation requirement for admission, we strongly encourage you do so before transferring.
| For Admission | For Graduation |
| No Requirement | Level 3 |
Learn More About This Major
To learn more about this program, including degree requirements and similar majors, we encourage you to check out the below resources.