HNSC 4362
Practicum in Foods And Nutrition Course Outline 2013-14
Department of Human Nutritional Science, Faculty of Human Ecology
Instructor: Maria Knaus MSc, R.D.
Address: Rm 210, Human Ecology Bldg.
Phone: 204-474-8207; Fax: 204-474-5792; e-mail: Maria.Knaus@umanitoba.ca
Office hours: Monday 12:30 - 4:00, Wednesday 12:30 - 4:30 or alternate Friday mornings.
By appointment.
Credit hours: 6 credit hours.
Class meetings: Tuesdays, 4:00-5:15 p.m. in Room 200B HE. Occasionally, meetings may
be held in a different room
e.g., joint meetings with Family Social Sciences Practicum
students. Room changes will be announced in class or by email directly with students.
Goal:
This course provides an opportunity to work in a business, government or community setting,
where the concepts learned in the classroom can be applied to practical problems. It is
expected that the experience will give students the ability to deliver professional service to
both clients and employers.
Structure:
All students work with an agency to gain working experience. Placements can include
experiences in one or more areas, such as food service, nutrition assessment, nutrition
education, health promotion or research. In addition to work experience, there will be in-person
and on-line class discussions to attend, assignments and readings to complete.
Objectives:
At the end of the course, students can:
1. Apply critical thinking to transpose knowledge gained in previous courses to situations where
professionals have to produce results that benefit people and agencies.
2. Identify and improve skills necessary to carry out professional work, including technical,
ethical, organizational, and professional practice aspects.
3. Describe examples of food and nutrition related work, at the levels of action, program and
policy, from personal experience.
4. Demonstrate self-directed learning and the ability to support colleagues in their learning.
Course Requirements:
1. Attend all field placement times agreed by you and your placement supervisor. You are
regarded as an employee and you are expected to come to work on time and every time.
2. Attend all class discussions. Attendance is obligatory. Please inform the instructor if you will
miss a class. Students who miss classes without legitimate cause will lose marks.
3. Complete all readings and assignments set by the instructor. Course assignments should
include relevant material from the readings.
4. Participate in all performance evaluations of your work by the field supervisor.
Evaluation, assignments and grades:
Assignment
% of total grade
1. Evaluation by Placement Supervisor
25
2. Field Notes
15
3. Goals and Objectives
10
4. Project Presentation
10
5. On-line Presentations/discussion
10
6. Journal article critique
7. Final report
10
20
Grading:
Grades will be assigned as follows:
95-100
A+
90-94
85-89
A
B+
80-84
B
70-79
C+
60-69
C
50-59
D
49 or below
F
Course materials:
Text: Alle-Corliss, L., & Alle-Corliss, R. (1998). Human service agencies: An
orientation to fieldwork. Toronto, Ontario: Brooks/Cole. Copies of assigned readings
are on-reserve at the Dafoe Library. )
Additional readings will be assigned to supplement the text. These will be handed out
in class or placed on-reserve at the Dafoe library. There may be occasions when
students will be required to find readings appropriate to the assigned topic and come to
class prepared to discuss them.
STUDENT INFORMATION AND POLICIES
Writing style Requirements and format:
All assignments must be written in clear grammatically accurate and inclusive (nonsexist/non-racist) language. Students must use their own sentences to write their papers
and assignments. If quoting they need to use quotation marks or set the quoted text apart
and acknowledge the source including the page number.
Referencing:
The system required for referencing is the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association, 6thed. See Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (APA), 6th edition or visit
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND POLICIES
Students are directed to the Undergraduate Calendar, University of Manitoba (2013-2014),
General Academic Regulations and Requirements for important policy directives. Key
sections have been excerpted for you below. Please take a moment to ensure that you are
aware of these policies.
Plagiarism and Cheating:
Plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations, term tests or academic work is
subject to serious academic penalty (e.g. suspension or expulsion from the faculty or
university). See 2013 – 2014 University of Manitoba Academic Calendar and Catalog,
General Academic Regulations for policy and rules on Plagiarism and Cheating
Website: http://crscalprod1.cc.umanitoba.ca/Catalog/viewcatalog.aspx
To plagiarize is to take ideas or words of another person and pass them off as one's own.
In short, it is stealing something intangible rather than an object. Plagiarism applies to any
written work, in traditional or electronic format, as well as orally or verbally presented
work. Obviously it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable
facts, but students are expected to appropriately acknowledge the sources of ideas and
expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This
applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and
materials or information from Internet sources.
To provide adequate and correct documentation is not only an indication of academic
honesty but is also a courtesy which enables the reader to consult these sources with
ease. Failure to provide appropriate citations constitutes plagiarism. It will also be
considered plagiarism and/or cheating if a student submits a term paper written in whole
or in part by someone other than him/herself, or copies the answer or answers of another
student in any test, examination, or take-home assignment.
Working with other students on assignments, laboratory work, take-home tests, or on-line
tests, when this is not permitted by the instructor, can constitute Inappropriate Collaboration
and may be subject to penalty under the Student Discipline By-Law.
An assignment which is prepared and submitted for one course should not be used for a
different course. This is called "duplicate submission" and represents a form of cheating
because course requirements are expected to be fulfilled through original work for each
course.
When in doubt about any practice, ask your professor or instructor.
The Student Advocacy Office, 519 University Centre, 474-7423, is a resource available to
students dealing with Academic Integrity matters.
Attendance at Class and Debarment:
Regular attendance is expected of all students in all courses. An instructor may initiate
procedures to debar a student from attending classes and from final examinations and/or
from receiving credit where unexcused absences exceed those permitted by the faculty or
school regulations.
A student may be debarred from class, laboratories, and examinations by action of the
dean/director for persistent non-attendance, failure to produce assignments to the
satisfaction of the instructor, and/or unsafe clinical practice or practicum. Students so
debarred will have failed that course.
Website: http://crscalprod1.cc.umanitoba.ca/Catalog/viewcatalog.aspx
Policy on Respectful Work and Learning Environment:
Following University of Manitoba policy, we will treat with each other with respect and
courtesy in class. Students are expected to avoid inappropriate and disruptive behavior.
Please refer to website:
http://umanitoba.ca/admin/governance/governing_documents/community/230.html
Policy on the Responsibilities of Academic Staff with Regard to Students:
The U of M guidelines, which refer to professor responsibilities, will be observed
Website:
http://umanitoba.ca/admin/governance/governing_documents/students/278.html