HMD at Western Kentucky University

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 HMD coursework.

• CHEM 107Fundamentals of Organic Chemistryopens 6 courses (0.5 directly)
• HMD 360Advanced Nutritionopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• HMD 340Nutrition Assessmentopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• HMD 251Commercial Foods 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HMD 362Medical Nutrition Therapy Iopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• HMD 276Lodging Operationsopens 2 courses (1 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 HMD 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 33 HMD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more HMD 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 HMD, 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 HMD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at HMD 462

  1. CHEM 105Fundamentals of General Chemistry
  2. CHEM 107Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
  3. HMD 360Advanced Nutrition
  4. HMD 362Medical Nutrition Therapy I
  5. HMD 462Medical Nutrition Therapy II

• 4 courses deep, ending at HMD 470

  1. HMD 171Introduction to Hospitality Management
  2. HMD 276Lodging Operations
  3. HMD 376Advanced Lodging Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at HMD 351

  1. HMD 151Food Science 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  2. HMD 251Commercial Foods 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. HMD 351Human Resource Management in Hospitality

• 3 courses deep, ending at HMD 465

  1. BIOL 131Human Anatomy and Physiology 4 Hours (repeatable max of 4 hrs)
  2. HMD 361Life Stage Nutrition
  3. HMD 465Community Nutrition

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HMD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HMD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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