Some courses offered within DNS are required for one or more DNS majors (NS, HBHS, GPHS, and Biological Sciences with a Human Nutrition concentration) and/or minor fields and pre-professional paths (e.g. the Global Health minor or the Didactic Program in Dietetics). These are indicated within the list below. Others are offered as electives to further your knowledge based on personal interests and goals.

Focusing your selections around a specific issue can result in a more concentrated experience and greater depth of understanding of that particular issue. The incomplete list of NS courses below is grouped into areas of interest to help you begin to plan your elective selections. A complete chronological list of NS courses offered can be found in the Cornell Courses of Study.

Courses offered by the Division of Nutritional Sciences