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BRESCIA COLLEGE
Foods & Nutrition Program
FOODS AND NUTRITION 021 Dr L A Piché
Nutrition for Modern Living 2004-2005
COURSE OUTLINE
PURPOSE: To provide a general overview of the basic principles concerned with human nutrition and to develop a better understanding of the facts and myths that surround the subject of FOOD and NUTRITION in contemporary society.
FORMAT: Fourteen (14) hours per week for 6 weeks (May 14 - June 21, 2001). Lectures, typewritten assignments, oral presentations.
TEXT: Sizer, Frances & Whitney, Eleanor. 2003. Nutrition, Concepts and Controversies, 8th ed. West/Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA.
CLASSROOM: Room 18, St. James Bldg, Brescia College
CLASS TIME: Monday to Thursday 9:00 am - 12:30 noon
MARKING:
Assignment 1, Part I, Preliminary Literature
Review Due: Mon, May 28
Assignment 2, 3-day food record 20% Due: Thurs, June 07
Mini assignments / workshops 10 random
Mid-Term 30 Thurs, May 31th
Assignment 1, Part II, Research
Report / class presentation 10 Presentations: Week 5
[Reports are due following Class Presentations]
Final Exam 30 TBA
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Total 100%
DEPARTMENT
POLICY: 1. Assignments are due at the time (within lecture period) and date indicated in the course outline. The mark will be reduced by 20% on assignments submitted within seven (7) days of the due date. Assignments submitted after seven (7) days will not be accepted for marking.
2. There will be no make-up exams for students who miss an exam except with proper documentation to show a confirmed personal illness or a death in her/his immediate family.
3. The professors are only available for questions and individual consultation before and after class. At other times, messages may be left with the department office (432-8353 ext. 28254).
LECTURE SCHEDULE:
WEEK TOPIC CHAPTER
Week 1 * Introduction & class organization,
[May 14 - 17] assignments
* Food choices and human health 1
* Natural Health Products & NHPD
* Nutrition standards and 2
guidelines (Stages I-IV)
* Assignment 2: 3-day food record (refer to separate guidelines)
Week 2 * The remarkable human body 3
[May 21 - 24] * Carbohydrates 4
May 28, Have Preliminary Literature Review of for Assignment I approved
* Lipids/Fats 5
Week 3 No Class May 21, Victoria Day 6
[May 28 - 31] * Protein
* Vitamins (A, C, Folate) 7
* Minerals (Ca, Na, Iodine, Fe) 8
and water
* Alcohol
May 31 (Thursday) Mid-Term EXAM (2.5 hours)
Week 4 * Energy balance and weight control 9
[June 04 - 07] * Nutrition and physical activity 10
LECTURE SCHEDULE:
WEEK TOPIC CHAPTER
Week 4 * Nutrition and disease prevention 11
Cont=d
June 07, Submit Assignment 2
Week 5 * Nutrition and disease prevention 11 planning
[June 11 - 14] * Class presentations (Refer to separate guidelines)
Submit Assignment 1 : Final Report
* Life cycle nutrition: mothers and 12
and infants
* Life cycle Nutrition: child, teen and 13
older adults
Week 6 * Food safety, Biotechnology 14
[June 18 - 21] * Hunger and the global 15
environment
TBA ** FINAL EXAM (2.5 hours) **
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