BIOL 2190 Principles of Nutrition (FALL, 2009)
GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE
FLOYD CAMPUS
COURSE SYLLABUS – FALL, 2009
BIOL 2190
Principles of Nutrition
CRN: 80509
Credit Hours: 3
* Instructor:
Dr. Mark E. Knauss
* Lecture
Times/Location: MW 8:00-9:15AM / W-200
* Office:
W-338
* Phone:
706-368-7535
* Office
Hours: TR 2:00-4:00PM, R 8:00-10:00AM
* Email:
mknauss@highlands.edu
* Midterm
Date: 10-13-09 (Last day to withdraw with a “W”)
* Course
Description: This course covers the fundamental principles of human nutrition from a biological perspective.
Included will be the study of the major nutrient classes, nutrition and related diseases, role of major nutrients, consumer concerns about foods, and the requirements of various stress groups.
Prerequisites: BIOL 1010, 2107, or 2121 with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor.
[Georgia Highlands College Catalog 2007-2009].
* Georgia
Highlands College Educational Effectiveness Goal for Science:
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts of at least one scientific discipline, and an understanding of the interplay between theory and experimentation/observation undergirding
those concepts.
* Georgia
Highlands College Student Learning Outcomes for Science:
1. Students
will demonstrate competency of one discipline in the sciences in
terms of its informational content.
2. Students
will demonstrate competency of one discipline in the sciences in
terms of its terminology.
3. Students
will demonstrate competency of one discipline in the sciences in
terms of its commonly used units of measurement.
4. Students
will demonstrate the ability to operate basic instrumentation, gather data, analyze data, and generate conclusions in a laboratory or observational setting.
5. Students
will demonstrate the ability to apply discipline content to problem
solving.
* Course
Objectives (Student Outcomes specific to BIOL 2190):
1. BIOL
2190 students will be able to define a nutrient and will be able to describe the commonly employed nutrient reference values such as DRI, ERA, RDA, AI, UL, and DV.
2. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify and describe the anatomical structures and physiological processes associated with the breakdown, absorption and metabolism of nutrients within the human body.
3. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify and describe the six classes of nutrients utilized by humans as well as the deficiencies and excesses associated with each.
4. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify and describe the process of alcohol production as well as the metabolism, benefits, and health problems associated with the consumption of alcohol.
5. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify the various types of eating disorders and describe the risk factors, common symptom, physiological and psychological effects, and treatments of each.
6. BIOL
2190 students will be able to discuss the relationship between exercise and weight control and nutrient consumption and metabolism.
7. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify and describe the changing nutrient requirements during pregnancy, infancy, adolescence, and adulthood.
8. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify and describe both the basic principles of food safety and the organisms associated with food borne illnesses.
9. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify and describe the basic principles of food production, food preservation, and food labeling.
10. BIOL
2190 students will be able to identify, analyze, and discuss their own dietary requirements and health status.
* Lecture
Text: Wardlaw and Hampl. 2009.
Perspectives in Nutrition, 8th ed. McGraw-Hill. [This text comes with a CD-ROM that will be used in constructing the Diet
Analysis Report; if a student purchases a used text, he or she should be certain that the CD-ROM accompanies the used book being purchased]
* Lecture
Attendance Policy: Attendance will be monitored.
While attendance is not a formal component of the final course grade, the daily assessment exercise is a component of the grade.
Any student exceeding 7 absences (25% of the lecture class meetings) will be administratively withdrawn from the course.
* Lecture
Grading Policy:
The course grade is computed from student performance on assessments as follows (see italicized example at right):
Example:
Exam 1 100 pts
63 (dropped) *
Exam 2 100 pts
75
Exam 3
100 pts 89
Daily Assessment Exercise
100 pts 90
Report: Dietary Supplements
100pts 85
Diet Analysis Report
100 pts 85
Final Exam 200 pts
124 (62%)
COURSE TOTAL 800 pts
548
*Note:
the lowest exam grade (Exams 1-3) will be dropped.
Lecture Grade = Sum of Student Scores / 700 X 100
548/700 X 100 = 78.2
The course grade will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
Example: 78.2 = 79
The letter grade for the course will be determined from the following scale:
A 90-100
B 80-89
Example: 79
C 70-79
Letter Grade = C
D 60-69
F 0-59
NOTE:
THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EXTRA CREDIT IN THIS COURSE!
THE INSTRUCTOR
WILL NOT COMPUTE A
STUDENT’S
CURRENT GRADE, NOR WILL
THE INSTRUCTOR MAKE PREDICTIONS ON
EXAM SCORES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A
DESIRED COURSE GRADE!
*
Lecture Exams – Description:
Each lecture exam is a 50 item assessment with Multiple Choice and Matching questions.
The final exam is a 100 item cumulative assessment with Multiple Choice and Matching questions.
The student should be in the possession of at least two sharpened No. 2 pencils at each exam.
IMPORTANT:
EACH STUDENT MUST KEEP HIS/HER GRADED SCANTRON FORM AS AN ORIGINAL RECORD OF THE EXAM GRADE – THIS IS TO PROTECT THE STUDENT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT RECORDED GRADES ARE LOST OR DESTROYED!
* Daily
Assessment Exercise –
Description: There will be a brief, unannounced exercise at the conclusion of each of 10 different lecture class meetings.
Each exercise will concentrate on the information presented during that day’s lecture.
Each exercise is worth a possible 10 points. The student must be in attendance on that day to get the points.
There are no make-ups allowed.
* Report:
Dietary Supplements: Information on minor elements, trace elements, water soluble, and fat soluble vitamins will be partially covered in lecture, although a
certain representative body of information on these topics will be required knowledge for the appropriate exam.
The student will submit a report on dietary supplements in which the student will critically evaluate the nutritional value of TWO marketed brands of supplements and the nutritional claims of each, using information from lecture, information from the
text, and information from documented websites to support the evaluation.
The instructor will distribute detailed instructions for completion of this assignment later in the semester.
* Diet
Analysis Report – Description:
General instructions for this report are found in Appendix G of the lecture text.
The instructor will distribute detailed instructions for completion of the assignment later in the semester.
* Academic
Irregularity Policy: Cheating is strictly prohibited. Any evidence of cheating, or collaboration in cheating will result in a grade of zero for that assignment
and possible further disciplinary action which may include failure in the course.
Please access the following URL address to view your “Rights and Responsibilities”:
http://www.highlands.edu/academics/academicaffairs/academicintegritypolicy.htm
* Lecture
Make-up Policy: The professor will email PowerPoint© files in advance of the lectures TO THE STUDENT’S GHC EMAIL ACCOUNT.
[Note that the student should be sure to have activated his or her email account with the college and should check it regularly].
The student can print handouts that will include an image of each slide and spaces for taking notes.
[Note that the student should have access to a computer that is supplied with Microsoft Office©, which has the PowerPoint© program that will allow printing of handout pages].
Should a student miss a regularly scheduled lecture, the student is responsible for getting the lecture information from classmates.
There will be no make-up opportunities for missed exams; the student who has missed an exam should be aware that the missed exam grade will be scored as a 0%.
* Important
Note about Lectures:
During lectures, the professor will make constant reference to relevant figures in the text.
As these text figures will not be integrated into the PowerPoint slides,
the student will be expected to bring his/her text to class so that he or she will be able to personally view them as they are being discussed.
* Cell
Phones. Students in this course will be sure to have their cell phones turned off as they enter the class room (vibration mode is not acceptable), unless the
student prearranges an exception with the professor (the professor will assess the legitimacy of the reason).
A student may not leave the classroom for reasons of a personal call - all personal calls must wait until the conclusion of class.
· Offenses
in Class. If a student's cell phone should ring in class, the professor will stop lecture and that student will be asked to leave the class room for the remainder
of the class meeting. A habitual offender (3 or more offenses) will be debited 10 points on their final lecture grade.
· Offenses
during an Exam. If a student's cell phone should ring during an exam, that student will be asked to hand in their exam and leave the class room.
The student will receive a 0 on the exam.
* School
Closing: If there is inclement weather, the college posts necessary announcements on the highlands.edu web site.
Cancellation notices will be reported to the local radio stations and WXIA-TV in Atlanta.
*
Disability Policy:
Any student who feels they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should make an appointment with the College Access Center (706-802-5003) to coordinate
reasonable accommodations. The student is welcome to contact the professor to privately discuss his or her specific needs.
* Message
for Students Receiving Financial Aid:
Federal regulations state that if a student did not attend classes and received failing grades, then the grades were not earned and financial aid needs to be reduced accordingly.
Please be advised that any student receiving a 0.00 GPA will be required to prove that the 0.00 GPA was earned by attending classes or completing requirements for each class.
Students who have earned at least one passing grade for the semester will not be affected by this regulation.
If a student has properly withdrawn from all classes, the student’s financial aid should be adjusted from the time they signed the withdrawal form.
* Communications
Concerning Grades:
Grades will be only communicated to the student via personal “face-to-face” communication.
Personal privacy issues demand that there will be no emails sent to students informing them of grades of any kind (exam grades, assignment grades, course grades, etc.).
The student should be aware that the professor will not respond to any email requesting a grade report of any kind.
If the student desires to review his or her assigned grades, either during the semester or after final grades are assigned, he or she should make an appointment with the professor to review them in the professor’s office.
* Course
Schedule:
Date
Day Lecture Topic
081909 W
Class 1. Syllabus, Ch 1
082409 M
Class 2. Ch 2
082609 W
Class 3. Ch 3
083109 M
Class 4. Ch 3
090509 W
Class 5. Ch 4
090709 M
NO CLASS TODAY
090909 W
Class 6. Ch 4
091409 M
Class 7. Ch 4
091609 W
Class 8. Ch 5
092109 M
Class 9. EXAM 1 (Ch 1-4)
092309 W
Class 10. Ch 5
092809 M
Class 11 Ch 6
093009 W
Class 12 Ch 6
100509 M
Class 13. Ch 7
100709 W
Class 14. Ch 7
101209 M
Class 15. Ch 8
101309 T
MIDTERM
101409 W
Class 16. Ch 9
101909 M
Class 17. EXAM 2 (Ch 5-8)
102109 W
Class 18. Ch 10
102609 M
Class 19. Ch 11
102809 W
Class 20. Ch 12
110209 M
Class 21. Ch 12
110409 W
Class 22. Ch 13
110909 M
Class 23.
EXAM 3 (Ch 9-12)
111109 W
Class 24. Ch 14
111609 M
Class 25. Ch 14
111809 W
Class 26. Ch 15
112309 M
Class 27.
Ch 16
112509 W
NO CLASS TODAY
113009 M
Class 28. Ch 17 Diet Analysis Report Due
120209 W
Class 29. Ch 18
120709 M
Class 30. Ch 18 Dietary Supplements Report Due HH HH
120809 T READING
DAY
120909 W
(8AM) FINAL EXAM (Cumulative Ch 1-18)
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