Department of Nutrition and Health Science
Features and Advantage:
Cultivates health and nutrition specialists by offering four-year and two-year undergraduate programs and graduate programs.
Integrates theory and practice through conducting special topic research projects, visiting and observing the operations of related enterprises and attending courses to build up a competitive advantage for future employment.
Promotes learning through service, and encourages students to join the Nutrition Service Corps as volunteers to foster professional ethics and service in the health industry after graduation.
Curriculum Design:
Offers specialized courses in areas including basic medicine, nutrition assessment, diet therapy, food technology and healthy diets.
Provides three elective course modules, namely Nutrition, Health Foods, and Healthy Eating.
The one-credit practicum and the six-credit and 432-hour off-campus practicum in community nutrition, food nutrition, and clinical nutrition are required. The department also organizes applied training opportunities abroad to help students develop an international perspective.
Learning Resources:
Well-designed laboratories include Nutrition Laboratory, Food Analysis and Microbe Laboratory, Nutrition Analysis and Consultation Room, HACCP-Certified Quantity Food Production Laboratory, Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory, Cell Nutrition Laboratory, and Baking and Special Diet Laboratory.
HACCP-Certified Quantity Food Production Laboratory was certified by Taiwan’s Department of Health and the Food Industry Research and Development Institute.
Future Career:
In the fields of
Nutrition industry : medical nutrition or food production services.
Health food industry or food inspection : health food engineering, food analysis and inspection tech.
Food and beverage industry : culinary, health management, or food quality assurance.