Posted: April 23, 2025
FDSC 297G will be offered in the fall 2025 semester and is open to all majors. Students can use this course towards their general health and wellness requirements within their general education area.
The gut microbiome is increasingly being recognized as an organ in its own right within the human body. We host as many microbes in our gut as there are human cells in our body, and the metabolic capabilities of these microbes vastly exceed what is encoded by the human genome. These microbes influence everything from the digestion of our food to our metabolism to our immune system to perhaps even our mood. Fostering a healthy gut microbiome is crucial for maintaining our health! In this course, we will explore all the ways that the gut microbiome influences us and our health, as well as how we influence it with our diet and lifestyle choices.
Note: this course counts as a 3 Credit General Education Health and Wellness (GHW) Course.
