NUTR 221 Human Nutrition

Multi-day diet analysis project counts for 20% of the final course grade.

Comprehensive common final examination counts for 20% of final course grade  

NUTR 221 Human Nutrition (no prerequisites), is an approved 3-credit, non-laboratory, natural science general education elective. A minimum of eight pages of evaluated writing will be required in all sections of NUTR 221. The evaluated writing includes, in part, a required multi-day diet analysis project involving the electronic nutrient database, Food Processor.  The multi-day diet analysis project counts for 20% of the final course grade.  Students in all sections of NUTR 221 will take a common final examination (time, date, location TBA by individual course instructors) measuring knowledge and skills related to the course objectives and required chapters from the common textbook.  The common final examination will be comprehensive and cumulative, and count for 20% of the student's final course grade.  The remaining 60% of a student's course grade will be at the discretion of each instructor of record and may include additional examinations and assignments.

Required text book Nutrition: Science and Applications, 1st edition, @ 2008. Authors: Lori A. Smolin, Univ. of Connecticut and Mary B. Grosvenor, Harbor, UCLA Medical Center  Publisher: John Wiley.  Click here to access the student companion website for Nutrition: Science and Applications 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of NUTR 221, Human Nutrition, students will be:

1    Conversant with a few fundamental concepts from among the three main areas of natural science, including earth, life, and physical sciences.

2    Able to apply the scientific methodologies of inquiry.

3    Able to discuss the strengths and limitations of science

5    Able to discuss the social and ethical contexts within which science operates

7    Able to discuss the application of scientific knowledge to the social sciences and to non-scientific disciplines.

All objectives listed are related to the natural science objectives for general education courses at Winthrop (specifically Natural Science objectives 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7)

Technology Knowledge/Skills: students in all sections of NUTR 221 will, at a minimum, use Food Processor to complete a multi-day diet analysis assignment. Click here for instructions on using Food Processor in Winthrop University's computer laboratories.  Additional nutrient databases may be used by some NUTR 221 professors.

Related websites and useful resources: NUTR 221 professors may recommend or require students use a variety of information resources, including some linked at the department's related websites and useful resources website.                     

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