CFS
261-001: ADVANCED NUTRITION
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & FAMILY SCIENCES
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
SPRING 2007
CFS
261-001: ADVANCED NUTRITION
Dr. Danita S. Kelley: Academic Complex 209D, 745-6356
Web address
http://www.wku.edu/~danita.kelley
E-mail Danita.Kelley@wku.edu
Lectures: MWF 9:10-10:05, Academic Complex 301
Links to assignments/extra information for course
Office Hours: MW 10:15-11:45 and TR 11:00-12:00. Additional office hours are available by appointment. You are encouraged to schedule an appointment. Please do not hesitate to approach me with questions or concerns.
Required Text:
MH Stipanuk. Biochemical, Physiological, and Molecular Aspects of
Human
Nutrition, 2nd editition. W.B. Saunders Co., 2006.
Packet of class notes to be picked up by the student at Lemox
bookstore.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Objectives:
1. To identify food sources of nutrients for an adequate diet.
2. To understand the body's use of nutrients.
3. To apply physical, biochemical and clinical aspects to nutritional
assessment procedures.
4. To begin to have an understanding of appropriate terminology.
The course will be a combination of lecture, in-class activities, and out-of-class projects/assignments. Reading the assignment or text chapters before class will be very important to your understanding of the class lectures/activities. You will be responsible for all assigned readings from the text unless told otherwise.
Prerequisites: CFS 111, Biol 131, and Chem 105 or Chem
109; Co-requisite: Chem 107 (if nutrition and dietetics
concentration)
Students in the Nutrition and Dietetics option may identify how CFS 261 and other required courses help fulfill competencies (knowledge and skills) set by The American Dietetic Association at http://www.wku.edu/dietetics.
Teaching Methods: This course will involve the completion of reading assignments, participation in class discussion, and use of course notes. Reading course notes and text chapters will be very important to your understanding of the class topics.
Special Instructional Materials: A calculator would be useful for solving example problems in class. For exams, students should have a calculator.
Academic Dishonesty Policy: Students will be expected
to
do his/her own work for exams. Failure to comply with this policy
will result in a failing grade for the exam and, perhaps, the
course.
Please note WKU's policy (WKU Catalog, 2005-2007, p. 26.):
“Students
who commit any act of academic dishonesty may receive from the
instructor
a failing grade in that portion of the course work in which the act is
detected or a failing grade in the course without possibility of
withdrawal.
The faculty member may also present the case to the Office of the Dean
of Student Life for disciplinary sanctions.” Academic Dishonest may
include the following:
Plagiarism:
"To represent written work taken from another source as one's own is
plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offense. The academic
work of a student must be his/her own. One must give any author
credit for source material borrowed. To lift content directly
from a source without giving credit is a flagrant act. To present
a borrowed passage without reference to the source after having changed
a few words is also plagiarism." For exact sentences or passages
taken from another source/author, QUOTATION MARKS should be used
(unless a statement clearly identifying that the sentence/passage is an
exact excerpt from another source is provided).
Disabilities Statement: In
compliance with
university policy, students with disabilities who require
accommodations
(academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for this
course must
contact the Office for Student Disability Services in DUC A-200 of the
EXAMS/QUIZZES:
1. There will be four exams (including the final exam), four quizzes
over lecture material (10-15 minutes), and four medical terminology
quizzes.
The exams will cover all material discussed in class, all class-related
activities, all video-tapes shown in class and assigned chapters in the
book.
2. Exams will be multiple choice, true/false, matching, essay and short answer. Exams will be given back for review. You are encouraged to review any questions you miss on the exam.
3. Students must be present for all exams/quizzes. Make-up exams/quizzes will only be given in extenuating circumstances. Extenuating circumstances include the student's sickness or serious illness or death of an immediate family member. Athletes and students who accompany athletic teams for official purposes will also be excused for documented games/meets out-of-town. In all cases, documentation must be provided to substantiate the absence.
4. When appropriate, makeup exams may be given at the end of the semester, during finals week, by appointment only.
5. Only 3 out of the 4 quizzes over lecture material will be
included
in the final grade; the lowest quiz grade will be dropped. All
medical
terminology quizzes will be included in the final grade.
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance will be monitored. Roll will be called in the very
beginning of class. If you arrive after roll has been called, it is
incumbent
on you the student, to indicate you were late at the end of class.
GRADE:
4 Exams (100 points each) = 400 points
Quizzes (10 points each) = 70 points
Interview assignment = 30 points
Nutrition Paper= 40 points
Attendance: Refer to policy above
Total points = 540 points plus points for other potentially given
assignments
GRADING SCALE:
90 - 100 % A
80 - 89 % B
70 - 79 % C
60 - 69 % D
59 and below F
(Please note, that final grades will also be entered into topnet with
pluses and minuses assigned, as part of a pilot project at WKU;
these pluses and minuses will NOT, however, appear on the transcript or
be used in the GPA calculation.)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: Grammar and spelling will be 20% of the grade for each assignment.
DUE DATES: All assignments must be turned in during class on the date due. Five points will be deducted from the grade for each day an assignment is late.
LECTURE & EXAM SCHEDULE:
Class schedule, reading assignments, and exam dates are subject to
change.
**Please note that announced and unannounced in-class activities may
occur periodically.
| Date | Topic | Reading (Text Chapter) |
| Weeks of 1/22,
1/29
Feb 2 Terminology Quiz 1 |
Introduction, Digestion/ Absorption, Regulation of Food Intake, Nutrients:Essential and Nonessential | 7, parts of Unit IV, parts of
Unit I |
| Weeks of 2/5,
2/12, 2/19 No class-Pres's Day Interview assignment due 2/16 |
Carbohydrates,
Dietary Fiber |
4, 8, 12, 11 |
| Feb 21 | EXAM 1 | |
| 2/23 and Weeks of
2/26, 3/5, 3/19, 3/26
Terminology Quiz 2, as assigned |
Proteins & Amino Acids, Lipids | 5, 9, 14, 15, 10, 16, 17, 18 |
| Mar 30 |
EXAM 2 | |
| Weeks of
4/2 , 4/9, 4/16
Terminology Quiz 3, as assigned |
Nonessential food
components with health benefits, Alcohol, Vitamins |
2, 24-31 |
| April 23 |
EXAM 3 | |
| Weeks of 4/25, 4/30
Terminology Quiz 4, as assigned |
Minerals, Water | 32-41 |
| Thursday, May
10
(8:00 a.m.) |
FINAL EXAM |
INTERVIEWING A DIETITIAN/NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL (30
points)
Select a registered dietitian (R.D.) or nutrition professional to
interview. The only guidelines
for choosing a dietitian/nutritional professional are that the person
be in a position requiring/utilizing
dietetic or nutritional skills/knowledge. Potential areas in
which the professional might
work include the following: clinical (hospital, nursing home, or
rehabilitation);
management/administrative (foodservice, clinical, or health
department);
public health; pharmaceutical representative; and consultant/private
practice. If possible, you should VISIT the professional at the
place of work. YOU MAY
ALSO
CHOOSE TO SHADOW THE PROFESSIONAL AT WORK FOR 2-3 HOURS.
Shadowing is
not a requirement; this could count as a volunteer experience.
Below is a list of questions to ask during your interview. The final assignment must be typed (10 or 12 pitch type) and must be a minimum of two but not more than three pages in length. The final product should include two parts (maybe 3): 1) answers to questions, 2) your IMPRESSIONS/FEELINGS about the answers provided, and 3) and your observations if you shadowed.
NUTRITION PAPER: (40 points)
Nutrition Paper: For
this assignment, you will utilize a current news article and related research articles.
Each student is to select a current (within
past two months) newspaper article that focuses on a nutrition topic. In addition, two related research articles
(on the same topic) are to also be found.
A summary of the newspaper article should be given.
Next, a comparison of the information in the
research articles to the newspaper article should be written. Does the information in the research articles
support or contradict the newspaper article?
How so, or how not? The written
summary and comparison should be two to three pages in length, using
size 12
font with 1 to 1.25 inch margins. A
separate cover page should also be provided.
Points will be deducted for papers with less than two pages,
with larger
fonts, or with greater margins. A copy
of the first page (NOT just the ABSTRACT) copy of the research articles
and a
copy of the first page of the related review article must also be
submitted.