BMS 208 Human Nutrition
Introduction
Dr Chris Blanchard
Dr Brian Spurrell
Dr Scott Andrew
Resources
• Textbook: Whitney and Rolfes 11th edition
• DE Study guide (can be ordered from
BMS office in Building 3)
• Interact
• Announcement:
Interact
– How I will communicate with the whole class
• EAST:
– For DE assignment submission
• Evaluation
– Please provide feed back at the end of the subject
(good and bad)
• Forum:
– Merged
– Mostly used for student interaction
• Resources
– Powerpoint files and additional info
Interact (cont.)
• Web content
– Cereal Chemistry Conference: an opportunity
for BMS208 students to attend a “real
scientific conference”
– 2008 Lecture Audio: last year’s lectures
– 2009 Lecture Audio: this year’s lectures
Lecture Schedule
• TBA
Assessments
• Midsession exam
• Assignment
• Final Exam
Mid session Exam
• Date:
– 10th September NOT 11th September as indicated in subject
outline
• Organisation:
– This will be a closed book exam to be completed during the
normal morning lectures session for internal students and as an
invigilated exam for DE students.
– It is NOT an online exam as indicated in the subject outline
• Value: 30%
• Format:
– 90 minute closed-book exam of multiple choice questions
• Content: Topics 1-8
Assignment
• Due Date: 23rd October 2009
• Value: 25%
• Content:
– 3 day dietary analysis
– 2 additional questions
• Page limit:
– 4 pages for analysis (excluding appendices for raw
data)
– 1 page for additional questions
Final Exam
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Date: Examination period
Value: 45%
Length: 2 hours
Content: Closed book exam with a mixture
of question types based on the entire
session’s work.
About your subject coordinator
• Background:
– BAppSc (MedLabSc)
– PhD (Molecular Biology)
– Postdoc 1: Molecular biologist in Immunology
lab
– Postdoc 2: Protein chemist in wheat quality
laboratory
– 1998 - present: Lecturer/Senior lecturer at
CSU
About your subject coordinator (cont.)
• Food Research interests:
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Functional genomics
How genes affect food texture
How proteins affect food texture
How food changes during storage
Improving health properties of food through genetic
engineering
– Molecular basis of genetic diseases
About your subject coordinator (cont.)
• External roles:
– RACI Cereal Chemistry Division
– Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference
– Grains Research and Development
Coroporation
About the students in BMS208
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Nutrition and Dietetics
Food and Nutrition
Pharmacy
Complementary Medcine