NUTRITION, DIETETICS, AND FOOD SCIENCE, B.S. - Option in Food Science

Admission reality

Cherrypicker does not estimate anyone’s chance of admission, and never will. Historical outcomes are context, not a prediction.

Planning reality

Counts over the courses ASSIST maps for this pathway. Every figure is a plain count with one definition — there is no score or ranking here.

• 37Mapped preparation courses
• 25Scheduled Winter 2027
• 24With open seats reported
• 161Current sections

Sections offered at De Anza College this term for the courses listed in this agreement. Open one to see instructors, meeting times and CRNs.

Not scheduled at De Anza College this term: STAT C1000H, MATH 1AH, MATH 1BH, MATH 1CH, BIOL 10H, BIOL 6C, BIOL 6CH, CHEM 12C, CHEM 1AH, CHEM 1BH, CHEM 1CH, PHYS 2C. A course can still be part of the requirement and offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Where this path usually starts

Ranked by how central each course is to the agreement — whether it is the only option for a requirement, how many requirements it covers, and whether it is running now. This is Cherrypicker’s ordering of published requirements, not advice about your situation, and it does not know your transcript.

1. BIOL 26Introductory MicrobiologyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 84 seats reported this term.
2. BUS 18Business Law IOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 280 seats reported this term.
3. CHEM 30AIntroduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry IOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 90 seats reported this term.
4. CHEM 30BIntroduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry IIOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 30 seats reported this term.
5. JOUR 21ANews Writing and ReportingOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 30 seats reported this term.
6. NUTR 10Contemporary NutritionOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 200 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what CSU Northridge requires. Right: the De Anza College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• BIOL 281

  Human Physiology

  • BIOL 40B + BIOL 40A + BIOL 40C

    Human Anatomy and Physiology II · Human Anatomy and Physiology I · Human Anatomy and Physiology III

• FCS 207

  Nutrition for Life

  • NUTR 10

    Contemporary Nutrition

• MATH 140

  Introductory Statistics

  • STAT C1000

    Introduction to Statistics

  • or
    STAT C1000H

    Introduction to Statistics - HONORS

• MATH 150A

  Calculus I

  • MATH 1B + MATH 1A + MATH 1C

    Calculus II · Calculus I · Calculus III

  • or
    MATH 1AH + MATH 1BH + MATH 1CH

    Calculus I - HONORS · Calculus II - HONORS · Calculus III - HONORS

• BLAW 280

  Business Law I

  • BUS 18

    Business Law I

• BIOL 101 + BIOL 101L

  General Biology

  • BIOL 10

    Introductory Biology

  • or
    BIOL 10H

    Introductory Biology - HONORS

  • or
    BIOL 11

    Human Biology

• BIOL 106 + BIOL 106LCheck on ASSIST

  Biological Principles I

  • BIOL 6B + BIOL 6C + BIOL 6A

    Cell and Molecular Biology · Ecology and Evolution · Form and Function in the Biological World

  • or
    BIOL 6AH + BIOL 6B + BIOL 6CH

    Form and Function in the Biological World - HONORS · Cell and Molecular Biology · Ecology and Evolution - HONORS

• BIOL 107 + BIOL 107L

  Biological Principles II

  • BIOL 6B + BIOL 6C + BIOL 6A

    Cell and Molecular Biology · Ecology and Evolution · Form and Function in the Biological World

  • or
    BIOL 6AH + BIOL 6B + BIOL 6CH

    Form and Function in the Biological World - HONORS · Cell and Molecular Biology · Ecology and Evolution - HONORS

• BIOL 215 + BIOL 215L

  Introductory Microbiology

  • BIOL 26

    Introductory Microbiology

• CHEM 235 + CHEM 235L

  Introductory Organic Chemistry

  • CHEM 12C + CHEM 12A + CHEM 12B

    Organic Chemistry III · Organic Chemistry I · Organic Chemistry II

• CHEM 101 + CHEM 101L + CHEM 101D

  General Chemistry I

  • CHEM 1C + CHEM 1A + CHEM 1B

    General Chemistry III · General Chemistry I · General Chemistry II

  • or
    CHEM 1AH + CHEM 1BH + CHEM 1CH

    General Chemistry I - HONORS · General Chemistry II - HONORS · General Chemistry III - HONORS

• CHEM 102 + CHEM 102L + CHEM 102DCheck on ASSIST

  General Chemistry II

  • CHEM 1B + CHEM 1C + CHEM 1A

    General Chemistry II · General Chemistry III · General Chemistry I

  • or
    CHEM 1AH + CHEM 1BH + CHEM 1CH

    General Chemistry I - HONORS · General Chemistry II - HONORS · General Chemistry III - HONORS

• CHEM 104 + CHEM 104L

  Introductory Chemistry II

  • CHEM 30B

    Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry II

• CHEM 103 + CHEM 103L

  Introductory Chemistry I

  • CHEM 30A

    Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry I

• PHYS 100B + PHYS 100BL

  General Physics II

  • PHYS 2C + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2A

    General Physics III · General Physics II · General Physics I

• PHYS 100A + PHYS 100AL

  General Physics I

  • PHYS 2C + PHYS 2B + PHYS 2A

    General Physics III · General Physics II · General Physics I

• JOUR 110 + JOUR 110L

  News Reporting I

  • JOUR 21A

    News Writing and Reporting

Agreement year 2025-26, captured from ASSIST. Verify against the official agreement and confirm with a counselor before making transfer decisions.

The other FHDA college

Foothill College has its own ASSIST agreement for this major. It is a separate agreement with its own courses and its own source — not an extension of the De Anza College one, and the two are never combined on this page.

Whether a course taken at one college satisfies the other college’s requirements is a separate question from articulation. Confirm with a counselor before relying on it.

Other CSU Northridge majors from De Anza

• ACCOUNTANCY, B.S. - Option in Information SystemsDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• ACCOUNTANCY, B.S. - Option in Professional AccountancyDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African and African-American Humanities and Cultural StudiesDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African and African-American Social SciencesDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• AFRICANA STUDIES, B.A. - Option in African-American Urban EducationDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• ANTHROPOLOGYDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• ARTDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIESDe Anza → CSU Northridge

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