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De Anza College
Contemporary Nutrition
N-10
Quarter: Spring 2016 (4 units)
Email: ackergeorgia@deanza.edu
Location: S57; T/TH 1:30-3:20
Work Phone: 650-303-8199
Instructor: Gigi Acker, MPH, RD
Website: www.deanza.edu/faculty/ackergigi
Office Location: S 57 or SC3103 (Science Resource Center)
Office Hours: Tuesday 5:30-6:30 pm in S57; Thursday 12:15-1:15 pm in SC3103
Course Description: Physiological, psychological and practical aspects of obtaining a healthy diet.
Relationship of nutrients to health and well-being. Evaluation of current nutritional issues and
controversies.
Prerequisites: English Writing 100B and Reading 91 or 100 or English as a Second Language 24
or 72 and Mathematics 200 are advised. It is expected that you can do simple math problems,
including those that use percentages and ratios.
Course Materials:
 Recommended but not required: Nutrition Concepts & Controversies by Frances Sizer & Ellie
Whitney, 12th or 13th edition. (Copies on reserve in library)
 Required: One pack of 3 inch by 5-inch index cards, any color. Bring to class every day.
 Access to the Internet
Student Learning Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Evaluate a meal plan or a diet for meeting the criteria of a healthy diet.
2. Evaluate nutrition claims about a dietary supplement, food or diet for accuracy and health
enhancing potential.
Attendance:
 Attending class is very important. Every week there are class activities (75 points of your
grade). In class activities cannot be made up if absent.
 If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain class material from a classmate.
 It is YOUR responsibility to withdraw from the course if you wish to drop.
Exams:
 I do not give make-up exams except for unavoidable circumstances with documentation of
emergency or illness. Please contact me immediately if such circumstance occurs.
 You will need an 882-E scantron and No. 2 pencil for each exam.
 Exam questions are taken from the lectures, videos, discussions & in-class activities.
 The final exam is not cumulative.
 Important exam rules:
o No exam will be handed out after the first exam has been completed and returned.
o Once an exam begins, you will not be allowed to go to the bathroom & return to finish it.
o You need to return your exam copy to receive the grade on your scantron
o The grade you receive on your scantron cannot be adjusted.
o Cheating will result in a 0 on exam & notification to the Dean of Student Development.
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Assignments:
 Assignments must be turned in before the end of the class that the assignment is due. An
assignment turned in after class ends is considered late.
 SuperTracker assignment will be accepted only up to 3 classes after the due date.
Assignment will be marked down 10% for each class it is late.
 Extra Credit assignment will be accepted on the day of your final.
Record Your Grade Here
Exam 1
Exam 2
Final Exam
In-Class Activities (weekly)
SuperTracker Diet Analysis Assignment
Label Reading Assignment
TOTAL
100 points
100 points
100 points
75 points
60 points
25 points
460 points
Grading Scale
93-100%
A
90-92%
A-
87-89%
B+
83-86%
B
80-82%
B-
77-79%
C+
70-76%
C
67-69%
D+
63-66%
D
60-62%
D-
59% or below
F
Other Important Dates:
 April 16 – Last Day to Add Classes
 April 17 – Last Day to Drop with No Grade Recorded
 May 27 – Last Day to Drop with “W” on Record
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Date
4/5
Topic
Class Introduction
4/7
Introducing the Nutrients
Nutrition Research
4/12
Nutrition Research
Video: Semi-Starvation Study
4/14
Fat & Heart Disease
4/19
Video: Heart Disease in America
4/21
Protein
Exam Review
Exam #1 (100 points) Arrive early!
4/26
4/28
Genetically Engineered Foods
Video: Harvest of Fear
Readings
Due Dates
Chapter 1
Bring Video Questions
(on class website)
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Bring scantron 882-E
& No. 2 pencil
Chapter 12
5/3
GE Foods, Discussion
5/5
Video: Food Inc.
5/10
Conventional & Organic Farming
Water & Fluid Balance
Chapter 12
Chapter 8
5/12
5/17
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates & Low Carb Diet
Exam Review
Chapter 4
5/19
Exam #2 (100 points) Arrive early!
5/24
Achieving & Maintaining Healthy Weight
Video: Fat: What No One is Telling You
Field Trip Forms Due
(2 copies)
Bring scantron 882-E
& No. 2 pencil
Chapter 9
5/26
Healthy Weight, cont.
5/31
Vitamins & Minerals
Chapter 7 & 8
6/2
Phytochemicals
Chapter 8
6/7
Food & Supplement Labels
Chapter 2
6/9
Food & Supplement Labels, cont.
Video: Fair Trade
6/14
Field Trip to Whole Foods (25 points)
6/16
Final exam review -class study time
6/21
FINAL EXAM @ 1:45
Arrive early!
Whole Foods @
20955 Stevens Creek Blvd,
Cupertino
SuperTracker
Due (60 points)
Meet @ Whole Foods
Bring class notes
Bring scantron 882-E
& No. 2 pencil
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