Administrative-Master Syllabus
form approved June/2006
revised 11-02-06
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Administrative - Master Syllabus
I. Topical Outline – Each offering of this course must include the following topics (be sure to include information
regarding lab, practicum, clinical or other non lecture instruction):
I.
Introduction to Nutrition
A. Food Choices
B. Nutrients
1. Classes
2. Recommended Intakes and Assessments
II.
Planning a Healthy Diet
III.
Digestion, Absorption, and Transport
IV.
Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches, and Fibers.
V.
Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Sterols
VI.
Proteins and Amino Acids
VII.
Alcohol
VIII.
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin E
D. Vitamin K
IX.
Water-Soluble Vitamins
A. Vitamin B
B. Vitamin C
X.
Energy Balance, and Weight Control
XI.
Water and the Minerals
XII.
Life Cycle Nutrition
A. Pregnancy and Lactation
B. Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
C. Adulthood and the Later Years XV
XIII.
Undernutrition
XIV.
Metabolism: Transformations and Interactions
Administrative-Master Syllabus
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revised 11-02-06
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II. Course Learning Outcomes
Method of Assessment
Course Learning Outcome
1. Explain the basic concepts of nutrition and the role
nutrition plays in a healthy lifestyle.
1. lecture exams
2. Recognize the basic chemistry and functions of
carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
2. lecture exams
3. Identify how nutrients are digested, absorbed, and
metabolized.
3. lecture exams
4. Describe the effects of both nutritional deficiency and
nutritional excess.
4. lecture exams
5. Discuss issues of current public concern such as: the role
of nutrition in coronary heart disease, cancer, obesity, and type
II diabetes; the role of calcium in preventing osteoporosis;
eating disorders; and vitamin mineral supplementation.
5. lecture exams
III. Required Text(s), Optional Text(s) and/or Materials to be Supplied by Student.
Insel, Turner, and Ross, Discovering Nutrition, 2nd ed. Jones and Bartlett, 2006.
Wardlaw and Smith, Contemporary Nutrition: Issues And Insights, 7th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
IV. Suggested Course Maximum - 36
V. List any specific spatial or physical requirements beyond a typical classroom required to teach the course.
VI. Course Requirements/Grading System – Describe any course specific requirements such as research
papers or reading assignments and the generalized grading format for the course
Three to four lecture hour examinations will be averaged together for the final grade.
VII.
Curriculum Checklist
- Academic General Education Course (from ACGM – but not in WCJC Core)
No additional documentation needed
- Academic WCJC Core Course
Attach the Core Curriculum Checklist, including the following:
• Basic Intellectual Competencies
• Perspectives
• Exemplary Educational Objectives
- WECM Courses
Attach the following:
• Program SCANS Matrix
• Course SCANS Competencies Checklist
Administrative-Master Syllabus
form approved June/2006
revised 11-02-06
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