SCI 135
Science of Nutrition
Middlesex College · UGRD · Fall 2026
Catalog description
This comprehensive survey course provides students with a foundational understanding of basic nutrition principles and their impact on overall health and well-being. Lectures and inquiry-based exercises will explore the processes of consumption, digestion, metabolism, and storage of the nutrients in food, and how these nutrients affect the human body. Analyze the factors that influence eating patterns and make recommendations based on current research and national standards to improve diet and health. Students will learn the elements of nutritional analysis by evaluating personal eating patterns. Introduce the research process by exploring current topics in nutrition and evaluating claims based on scientific inquiry using class discussions, case studies, and web-based resources. The emphais will be on the acquisition of science, research, and evidence-based nutrition knowledge with regard to nutrition and health.
Sections
Current meeting, instructor, credit, and enrollment details
73
5 openSeats: 25/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- We · 6:00 – 8:45 PM
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- College Center 175
- Instructor
- Piciocco, M
Section notes
NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN
1 openSeats: 29/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- O'Reilly, T
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN1
FullSeats: 30/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- Lefavor, M
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN2
2 openSeats: 28/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- Lefavor, M
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN3
1 openSeats: 29/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- BienAime, T
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN4
2 openSeats: 28/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- Lefavor, M
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN5
2 openSeats: 28/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- O'Reilly, T
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
IN6
FullSeats: 30/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 8 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- Keresztes, M
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course NOTE: Please be advised that effective with the Fall 2024 term, HCD-105: "Basic Nutrition" was replaced with SCI-135: "The Science of Nutrition". Students who have taken HCD-105 prior to Fall 2024 will NOT be required to take SCI-135; students will NOT receive credit for both HCD-105 and SCI-135 as these courses are equivalent.
INF1
1 openSeats: 29/30 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:37 PM- Days & times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Internet)
- Meeting dates
- Sep 28 – Dec 18
- Location
- —
- Instructor
- BienAime, T
Section notes
Online Course: Students must access CANVAS for this course. Fall II course: Course meets week of 9/28/26 - 12/18/26.