Western Nevada College Course Syllabus

Nutrition 121 – Human Nutrition – Fall13 (rev. 8-9-13)

Instructor: Holly O’Toole

E-mail: Instructor: Holly.O’

Phone: (office)423-8330 ext 2231Cell:

Website:

Office: #3 Piñon (or Sage 104)

Office Hours

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
8-9 am / 4:30-5:30 pm / 2-4 pm / 4:30-5:30 pm / By appt./Carson

Communication: WNC email, cell phone, and WNC online. Be sure and activate the email and phone number you have on file with WNC. For quicker response time, email me at Holly.O’ and not through WNC online.

Cancelled Class Hotline: 775-445-3030 or 1-866-532-5118 or

Lecture: 4:00 – 5:15 pm (MW) VRGH 303

Required Text:Nutrition Now 6th ed. Judith Brown, pub.Thompson Wadsworth ISBN 9780538741378

Additional reading sources will be assigned during the semester.

Transfer Informationfor Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC AA or AASdegree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor. 3 credits

Programs of Study:A.A., A.G.S., A.A.S., Early Childhood Education

Course Description: A beginning course in the principles of human nutrition including a study of each of the major nutrients and how they relate to good health and a well balanced diet. Prerequisite: MATH 120 or MATH 126 or higher, or consent of instructor.

General Education Learning Outcomes: Understand the methods of science and the role of science and technology in the modern world; have problem solving, creative, and critical thinking skills; have effective and efficient learning skills, including the location and evaluation of information.

Specific Course Objectives: A beginning course in the principles of human nutrition, focusing on the major nutrients; including carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, water, vitamins, minerals and the role these nutrients play in human health. This course includes planning a well-balanced diet and evaluating nutrition fact versus fallacy. Four laboratory experiences are required.

  • Students will gain factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends) about human nutrition. Including defining terms such as nutrients, nutritional status, recommended dietary allowances, dietary reference intakes, and essential nutrients.
  • Students will improve problem solving, creative, and critical thinking skills, including distinguishing nutrition fact from fallacy.
  • Through the laboratory experiences, students will understand and apply the principles of nutritional assessment.
  • Through laboratory assignments, students will gain an understanding of data collection and interpretation. Students will calculate nutrient percentages on nutrition labels and in planning a well-balanced diet.

Student Evaluation:

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  1. Grades based on the following:

Exams (3) 60%

Diet Analysis10%

In Class Activities30%

  1. Grading Scale

90-100% A

80-89 % B

70-79% C

60-69% D

<59% F

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Further Information:

Presentation, activities, and additional assignments are part of the course. For credit, you must attend that class section. The class schedule is tentative and will be updated as needed.

To do well in a college course demands that your work, personal life, and health allow for you to make your coursework a priority.

Attendance:

Attendance is required and I will record it. More than three absences may result in a grade reduction.

Student Classroom Conduct:

WNC is committed to providing a safe effective learning environment for students, faculty, and staff. Disruptive student conduct is subject to strict disciplinary action.

This is a college classroom. You are expected to arrive on time and stay for the entire class period. Late arrivals and early departures are disruptive for the entire class. Three late arrivals/early departures will count as one absence. No children or pets are allowed in class or in the lab. Turn pagers to silent and cellular phones off when you come to class.

Behavior that impedes the teaching/learning process including: private conversations; leaving during a guest lecture; late arrivals and early departures; texting, phone, or pager calls; and behaviors that do not contribute to the course learning environment is unacceptable. I reserve the right to administratively fail or withdraw any student who presents behavioral issues that impede the learning environment. Use of any conduct or harassment that threatens the quality of this learning environment will result in immediate removal from the class.

Dishonesty/Cheating:

Any student determined to be cheating or assisting or participating with another student in dishonest behavior will be immediately withdrawn from the course or receive a grade penalty. The penalty for cheating at WNC is outlined on the WNC website. An Honor Code is inherent in ethical societal behavior: “I will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate those who do”. Come to me if students are violating that code.

Study Tips and Techniques:

To get the most out of this class attend each class period and complete all of the required reading and assignments. Be sure and utilize the quizzes on the textbook companion website. If you are having difficulty understanding or preparing for this class, please do not delay in asking me for assistance.

  1. Meet with me during my office hours.
  2. Start a study group with some of your classmates.

Assistance:

Qualified, self-identified students with documented disabilities have the right to free accommodations to ensure equal access to educational opportunities at WNC. If you have a disability for which you will need to request accommodations, please contact Susan Trist, Coordinator for Disability Support Services s soon as possible to arrange for appropriate accommodations.

Laboratory:

We will do a minimum of four lab/activities in the course.

Laboratory Safety Guidelines:

  1. No eating, drinking, smoking, handling contact lens, or applying cosmetics in the laboratory.
  2. Lab space is tight. Backpacks are to be placed in a designated area of the lab, not on or under lab tables.
  3. Restrain long hair and remove dangling jewelry during dissections.
  4. Work surfaces will be washed at the beginning and end of class and whenever a spill occurs.
  5. Safety glasses must be worn. You may provide your own.
  6. Personal protective equipment (aprons and gloves) will be worn when doing experiments where contamination is possible. All protective equipment will be removed when leaving the laboratory.
  7. Laboratory work areas will be cleaned up at the end of class and all equipment and materials returned to the proper location.
  8. Report all spills or accidents, no matter how minor to the instructor.
  9. Hands will be washed after cleaning work surfaces, when hands become contaminated, and when leaving the laboratory.
  10. WNC does not have insurance to cover students on campus. All students should carry personal medical insurance.

Examination Quiz and Assignment Information:

  1. The pedagogy of this class will include lecture, discussion, group assignments and laboratory exercises.
  2. Exams will be based on lecture, discussion, and the text. Exams will not be cumulative, but information from previous material may be needed to answer questions. Text messaging with your cell phone during an exam or quiz is forbidden. If you are caught text messaging during the quiz or exam you will fail the course, not just the quiz or exam. Your cell phone must be turned off or on silent and placed in your bag.
  3. Exam questions may consist of multiple choice, true/false, calculations, fill-in, and matching, short answer, and essay. Short answer and essay should be answered concisely and accurately for full credit.
  4. All exams need to be turned into the instructor. Failure to do so will result in an F on the exam.
  5. Objectives and grades will be posted on WNC online. My lecture notes will not be posted. Any posted power points are to be printed by the students. Check WNC online often.
  6. You must take all exams to pass the course. Exams will be given at the times noted in the course schedule. Once exams begin, you will not be permitted to leave the room without turning in your exam. Once turned in, the exam will be considered complete and will not be returned.
  7. There are no provisions made for missing an exam, therefore, 0 points will be averaged into the grade for exams missed. Makeup exams may be permitted, at the discretion of the instructor, when clear,documented reasons are provided. Make up exams will not be given for full credit.
  8. I will not withdraw failing students. Student who are failing or earning a grade that they are not satisfied with may withdraw themselves by the withdraw date.
  9. Be sure and take advantage of the Companion website that comes with your text.
  10. Points, up to100% of the total points from that week’s quiz, may be deducted for habitual tardies, early departures, or disruptive behavior. Disruptive behavior includes talking when I am talking, chatting, giggling, texting with classmates during lecture. Applying makeup during lecture is also not allowed. This semester, I will ask you to leave class if you engage in behaviors that keep other students from hearing instruction or distracts other students during the learning or quizzing process. If habitual tardies are a problem for the class, I will lock the door at the time when class begins. If you leave lecture during class, do not come back in. It is disruptive.
  11. Grades and quiz/test scoring concerns/disagreements/rescoring are issues to be dealt during my office hours. Please do so.

WNC Nutrition 121 Fall 13

(rev. 8-9-13)

Week / Date / Lecture Schedule / Unit
1 / 8-26 / Historical Overview of Nutrition
Nutrition Terms and Concepts / Unit 1
2 / 9-2 / Monday Holiday: no class
Wednesday: Nutrition, Attitudes, and Behavior / Unit 2 and 5
3 / 9-9 / Nutrition
Junk Science / Unit 3, 21, and 24
4 / 9-16 / Understanding Nutrition Labeling
What is a Healthy Diet? / Unit 4 and 6
5 / 9-23 / Digestion and Absorption
Exam #1 / Unit 7
6 / 9-30 / Food Energy and Energy Balance
Carbohydrates and Fiber / Unit 8
Unit 12
7 / 10-7 / Alcohol
Proteins and Amino Acids / Unit 14
Unit 15
8 / 10-14 / Fats and Cholesterol in Health
Vitamins / Unit 18
Unit 20
9 / 10-21 / Minerals and Water / Units 23 and 25
10 / 10-28 / Weight Control: Myths and Reality
Exam #2 / Unit 9 and 10
11 / 11-4 / Diseases and Disorders Associated with Nutrition
Diet Analysis: Due 12-9 / Unit 11, 19, 22, 26
12 / 11-11 / Monday Holiday: no class
Diabetes / Unit 13
13 / 11-18 / Fitness andHealth / Unit 27 and 28
14 / 11-25 / Nutrition For All Ages
Wednesday Holiday: no class / Unit 29, 30, and 31
15 / 12-2 / What Else About our Food? / Unit 32
16 / 12-9 / A Global Look at Nutrition
Exam #3 / Unit 33

This schedule is tentative and is subject to change

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