NS at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 86 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate NS coursework.

• CHEM 1570Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistryopens 20 courses (2.5 directly)
• CHEM 3580Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciencesopens 17 courses (1 directly)
• NS 3200Introduction to Human Biochemistryopens 16 courses (7.7 directly)
• BIOMG 3300Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instructionopens 14 courses (6.8 directly)
• BIOMG 3310Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolismopens 10 courses (3.5 directly)
• NS 1220Nutrition and the Life Cycleopens 7 courses (6.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate NS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 86 NS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 45 more NS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on NS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in NS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at NS 5510

  1. CHEM 1560Introduction to General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1570Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
  3. BIOMG 3300Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction
  4. NS 3310Nutrient Metabolism
  5. NS 6310Micronutrients: Function, Homeostasis, and Assessment
  6. NS 5510Nutrition Assessment

• 5 courses deep, ending at NS 4420

  1. CHEM 1560Introduction to General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 1570Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
  3. NS 3200Introduction to Human Biochemistry

• 3 courses deep, ending at NS 2061

  1. NS 1600Introduction to Public Health
  2. NS 2060Preparation for Engaged Learning in Global and Public Health Sciences
  3. NS 2061Site-Specific Preparation for Engaged Learning in Global and Public Health Sciences

• 3 courses deep, ending at NS 3220

  1. NS 1150Nutrition, Health, and Society
  2. NS 1220Nutrition and the Life Cycle
  3. NS 3220Maternal and Child Nutrition

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on NS sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Ana Adinolfi
• Emily Gier
• Erin Green
• Gunisha Kaur
• John Hoddinott
• Julia Finkelstein
• Kelly Quinn
• Kimberly O'Brien
• Laura Barre
• Laura Bellows
• Martha Field
• Melisa Medina-Rivera
• Meng Wang
• Navika Gangrade
• Patricia Cassano
• Roger Figueroa Bautista
• Saurabh Mehta
• Shu-Bing Qian
• Tashara Leak
• Tolunay Beker Aydemir
• Yuhan Wang

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under NS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

NS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.