CFS 111: HUMAN NUTRITION
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & FAMILY SCIENCES
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Fall 2007

Dr. Danita S. Kelley: Academic Complex 209D;  745-6356
Web address          http://www.wku.edu/~danita.kelley
E-mail        Danita.Kelley@wku.edu

Lectures: TR 9:35-10:55, Academic Complex 310

Grades and some assignments will be posted on Blackboard (https://ecourses.wku.edu)

Office Hours:  M 8:30-11:30, T 1:30-2:30, W 8:30-11:30 and 2-3:30, R 8:30-9:30.   Office hours may change on occasion due to activities for other courses or meetings.  If these times are not convenient, please contact me. Please do not hesitate to approach me with questions or concerns.

Required Text: Sizer F.S. and Whitney E.N., Nutrition Concepts and Controversies, 10th Edition, Wadsworth Thomson Publishing, 2006. If you can find it, you will prefer the "MyPyramid Update" version of the text.  (Suggested Text-particularly if you typically have trouble with "science" courses: Study Guide for above text).  There is a website for the text that can assist with preparation for exams (http://www.brookscole.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9780495220114&discipline_number=18).

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Study of nutrients essential to human life and well-being. Nutrients are studied relative to their function in metabolism, sources in food, and relationship to health.

General Education Information for CFS 111:
Human Nutrition, CFS 111, may be taken to fulfill the Health and Wellness category of the General Education requirements at Western Kentucky University; information and skills to improve understanding of various factors that enhance health, well-being, and quality of life are addressed.  Course objectives marked with an asterisk are linked to this general education goal.

Course Objectives:
(The first four course objectives, marked with an asterisk, are linked to the general education goal for health and wellness.)

1. Discuss the role of nutrition and other lifestyle choices in the prevention of disease to include the dangers of deficits and toxicities.*
2. Identify the functions, properties, human requirements and food sources of essential nutrients.*
3. Discuss tools, such as the DRI, Food Pyramid and Exchange Lists, and their role in selecting a nutritionally adequate diet.*
4. Identify nutritional needs at different stages in human growth and development.*
5. Examine the principles and ethics involved in making nutrition recommendations, emphasizing the importance of nutrition research and reliable sources of nutrition information.
6.  Explain the physiology of digestion, absorption, metabolism and excretion of foods and nutrients.
7. Evaluate food beliefs, food and nutrition fads and advertisements based on the principles of nutrition.

Students in the Nutrition and Dietetics option may identify how CFS 111 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, a No. 2 pencil and a green scantron (#882E).

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, 2007-2008, p. 25.):  “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).

Cheating:  "No student shall receive or give assistance not authorized by the instructor in taking an examination or in the preparation of an essay, laboratory report, problem assignment or other project which is submitted for purposes of grade determination."

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 Student Success Center in Downing University Center. Please DO NOT request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor without a letter of accommodation from the Office for Student Disability Services.

EXAMS:
1. There will be four exams (including the final exam). The exams will cover all material discussed in class, all video-tapes shown in class and assigned chapters in the book.

2. Exams will be mainly multiple choice, true/false, and matching; however essay and short answer may appear on exams. Exams will be given back for review. You are encouraged to review any questions you miss on the exam.

3. The midterm will be comprehensive. Approximately 80% will be derived from new material covered since the first exam. The final exam will be similar to the midterm but will cover material from the midterm on; the same percentages will apply.

4.  Each exam will be worth 100 points.

5. Students must be present for all exams.  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.  Documentation for excused absences (personal medical excuses, family member/close friend funeral, WKU-team/group event) MUST be provided within two weeks of the absence.  Routine medical appointments (e.g., dental, eye, chiropractic) and are NOT excused absences.  Unexcused absences that result in missing an exam will result in a deduction of 10 points from the exam missed.  Any missed exam must be taken within two weeks of the original exam date.

6. FOR ALL EXAMS, STUDENTS MUST PROVIDE A SCANTRON AND A #2 PENCIL.  YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO BRING A CALCULATOR.  No cell phones may be used during exams.
 

ATTENDANCE:
1. Attendance will be considered when the final grade is determined. A borderline grade may be determined by attendance.  No absences will boost a grade by up to, but no more than, 1 point.  Thus, a final class average of 79.4%  may be boosted to a "B" if NO absences have occurred; otherwise, a 79.4% is a "C".

2. 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. Statements such as, "I was late for class last Tuesday but forgot to tell you" will not change the absence.

3. Periodically, unannounced classroom activities/assignments/quizzes may be given and CALCULATED into the grade.   Typically, the due date for assignments will be one week from the date given to students.  Assignments may be emailed to students via TOPNET and/or posted in Blackboard (but not always).  If a student is absent, he/she is responsible for finding out about any assignments; he/she will have the same due date as others in the course.  Any bonus quizzes will ONLY be given once in class and cannot be taken later.

 
 

GRADE**  Final grade = total points earned divided by total points possible	GRADING SCALE:
Exam 1: 100 points	A: 90-100%
Exam 2: 100 points	B: 80-89 %
Exam 3: 100 points	C: 70-79 %
Exam 4: 100 points	D: 60-69 %
Summary/Analysis of article in newspaper: 10 points	F: < 59 %
**Periodically, classroom activities/assignments/quizzes may be given and CALCULATED into the grade; some of these may be UNannounced.

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