Introduction to Nutrition (3 credits)
Diet 111 Online
Semester Any Year: Month to Month
Generic Syllabus
Instructor: Claire G. Kratz, MS, RD, LDN
Email address: ckratz@ccp.edu
( EMAIL in WEBSTUDY is the best way to reach me)
Course Description:
Introduction to the science of nutrition in
contemporary society, including: nutrients as a component of food and
foundation of life and health; nutrition in life processes; elements of
metabolism, energy management and factors that influence food habits. This
course is designed for dietetic, nursing, premed, pharmacy and other allied
health students. Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and BIOL 109.
Course Objectives:
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To demonstrate a basic knowledge of nutrients and their roles in
promoting health and preventing disease.
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To become familiar with the tools for planning and evaluation diets.
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To identify the mechanisms by which food digestion, absorption and
transportation occur.
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To recognize the physical, emotional, social and environmental factors
influencing food choices.
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To perform a personal assessment of dietary adequacy, summarize
findings, and provide recommendations for improving personal diet quality.
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To identify contemporary food and nutrition issues and controversies
and begin to evaluate them using application of knowledge gained in this
course.
Required Textbook:
Whitney, Debruyne, Pinna, Rolfes: Nutrition for Health and Health Care,
3rd Edition,
If you choose to use another text or not purchase the text
you are still responsible for the material in the text and the notes in class.
I highly recommend you read the text.
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This is the diet analysis software you
should purchase, version 8.0 If you choose not to purchase the Diet
Analysis Program you are responsible for the completion of tasks as outlined
in the syllabus. Extensions will not
be given for any reason; examples include but not limited to, closure of the
computer lab, if you lost your work/disk or if there was not a functioning
computer, failed internet connection, no paper, running out of ink, etc. If you work in the computer lab it is
highly recommended that you save your work to a disk or other device. |
Student Responsibilities
Assignments:
- Assignments will be posted 2 days prior to the opening day of the week (example:
if week 2 starts on Tuesday, the 8th,
assignment will be opened by the 6th). You must submit your
assignment by the end of the current week for credit. Assignments
submitted after the end of the week will not be accepted. Please note the
due date for all assignments on the course schedule/topic outline.
- Attendance: is measured by activity on the discussion board. See details of discussion board below. Three (3) weeks without entries in the discussion comprises failure to attend class and the student will be considered a no-show, non-attending student and will be dropped from the course. Official course withdraw must be completed by the student. This must be done at the registration office. Failure to officially withdraw will result in an F (failure) for the course.
o NOTE: the final day to withdraw is posted in here each semester
- EXAMS. A midterm and final exam are given on line. The test is usually open for several days is posted well in advance. If you miss the exam in WEBSTUDY, and need to take a make-up test, it must be coordinated directly with the faculty member. All make up exams are scheduled on Main Campus and are essay format.
Grading Policy:
►Your final grade is earned based on the following components. The course is built upon a point system. The percentages below reflect APPROXIMATELY how the points are distributed across the course. Actual point earnings will be posted in your WEBSTUDY grade-book.
1. Participation in the Blackboard Discussion Board (attendance) ..20%
2. Homework Assignments.. . . ... 20%
3. Online Midterm and Final .10% each
4. Diet Analysis Project .. . ...30%
5. Lecture Enrichment presentation 10%
(each of these items is explained below)
1. Participation in the Blackboard Discussion boards: (20%)
New materials discussions will be posted each week during the semester. The forums are titled and labeled with current week being studied. You are required to be active during the entire week in the online discussions. Boards are opened each week and will be open for about 10 days and then closed.
To receive full discussion credit you must post at least FIVE times each week.
Your discussion grade is based on quality and on quantity of the messages you post. If you are constantly on the board asking questions, helping other students and discussion points of the textbook, you will receive full credit. If you know everything but never come on the board, never help answer other peoples questions, then you will receive a zero for discussion. This could take a final grade from a 100 to an 80!
Grade for Discussion That week = (# of posts*/5) X 100% *(Must be distributed throughout week!)
Entering more than 5 discussion comment a week will not raise your score above 100%, however you may post as many discussion notes as you like.
You are required to post all during the week. If you post five times in one day, you will not receive full credit for discussion. You need to post on at least three different days in order to receive full credit. In order to build a real community in this class, we need to have ongoing conversations all week long.
Realize that this means you might login every other day, check the discussion boards and post up two or three comments. That would guarantee you 20% of your final grade! If you cannot imagine fitting this kind of time into your schedule, you should consider taking a face-to-face version of this class . Remember that if you score A grades on all submitted work but do not participate in discussion boards, you will receive a final grade of B.
2. Homework Assignments: (20%)
First and most important PUT YOUR NAME ON EVERYTHING you send to me. Please follow these directions for submitting your homework.
· NAMING YOUR DOCUMENT: Any document you write must have your name in the title. When you begin writing your document use the save as button to save your document this way: your first initial full last name_course/section_subject of assignment. So, if I were writing my first paper on RD vs. Nutritionist, I would title my document this way: CKratz_RDvs.Nutritionist Documents NOT titled this way will not be accepted.
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All
Assignments should be re-uploaded in to the WEBSTUDY: ASSIGNMENT LINK. Emailed assignments are not
accepted.
Homework is graded on neatness and thoroughness. I look at spelling and grammar. No chat-room lingo/language or acronyms on assignments, please.
3. Online Midterm and Final Exam: (10% each)
These are computerized, self-administered tests. There will be full details given in WEBSTUDY as the course progresses. The tests are given in WEBSTUDY, there will be no on-campus tests.
4. Diet Analysis Project: (30%)
Students will keep a three-day record of their food intake via a food diary. The information from the food diary will then be coded using a computerized program called: Diet Analysis Plus 6.1. The computer analyzes and produces a data set for each day that has been entered and an average of all the days studied. Students will use the data generated by Diet Analysis Program to complete set of problem-solving questions which make practical sense of the data generated. Students will be graded on accuracy and completeness of each step. A solid understanding of and ability to apply knowledge gained during this course should be evident in the final report. This is a very large and important part of the final grade for this course. Previous students have also stated it is also one of the most insightful projects they have ever done. Full details for this project will be given to you in Blackboard, under the Course Documents section. This is an important project which is where students demonstrate evidence of materials learned in the course.
5. Lecture Enrichment Presentation: (10%)
Research has shown that what you teach, you learn. Lecture enrichment is a way for you to learn and teach. Students will choose a specific topic during the first week of class and report on the topic using their own creativity. In this online course you have the opportunity to display a project you have done to the rest of the class.
Class presentations should be contain accurate information and incorporate creativity.. Lecture enrichments will be graded with consideration given to the amount of preparation work, clarity of research and results as presented to students and general quality of presentation. If a written report is used, it should be 3-5 pages in length. Remember the internet is a very visual medium. Blank white pages with black print are not very interesting.
Full details for this project are listed in the Course Information section of Blackboard.
5. Earning the Course Grade:
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Final Letter Grades for the course: |
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A= 90-100% |
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B=80-89% |
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C=70-79% |
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D=60-69% |
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F= less than 60% |
***College Policies**
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
Students are expected to be
well motivated and constructive in their pursuits of learning. Each individual
faculty member has the right to remove a student from a class for reasons of
academic discipline such as cheating, plagiarism, non-attendance, or classroom
cooperation, etc. Plagiarism and/or cheating on any assignment/examination is not tolerated and will be dealt with according to CCP
policy and may result in an F or 0 grade on the assignment.
WITHDRAWAL
POLICY
If a student needs to
withdraw from the class they must comply with the
Please note: In this online class the instructor does not
drop students for non-attendance.
Absences are reflected in your scores.
If you are absent for a week you are not permitted to make up your
work. Students are responsible for
completing their proper paperwork for withdrawal. Students who are absent from class and do
not withdraw will receive an F.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Students who are registered with the Center
on Disability must inform the instructor by the end of the first week of
classes if special accommodations are requested.