Welcome

The Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences provides premier, thoughtfully created programs in which students learn to help people maintain and recover good health in all contexts: locally, globally, geographically, culturally, socially, and emotionally. Innovative programs and cutting-edge knowledge place the department in the vanguard of educators at the university level. All programs prepare students for significant careers in their chosen field. Students choose from courses in every conceivable aspect of health and nutrition, from birth to old age. With the understanding that in the digital age information about health and nutrition is being developed and disseminated faster than ever before, all programs offer a framework in which to appraise and assess facts and theories and apply them for the benefit of all people.

Department Mission

The mission of the department of Health and Nutrition Sciences is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a high quality, multidisciplinary, critical perspective on foods and nutrition and community health; a perspective that is part of the liberal arts and sciences program at Brooklyn College.  Knowledge in health and nutrition sciences includes, but is not limited to, an understanding of health systems, health and nutrition policy and program development, the social and natural components of health and disease, and health promotion.  Undergraduate and graduate students are prepared through academic courses, internships, and research experiences to contribute as health professionals to the local, national, and international communities.  Included in the mission are conducting research and advancing scientific knowledge relevant to health and nutrition and providing health promotion resources and programs for the professional community, Brooklyn College, and the community-at-large.  The department endeavors to maintain an environment of academic excellence for students and faculty, where knowledge may grow and originality and creativity may thrive through teaching, research and community service.