NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Course title:  Nutrition & Diet Therapy

Course prefix, number, and section number: BIOL1322.0600

Semester/Year of course:  Spring 2022

Semester start and end dates: Jan. 18, 2022 – May 14, 2022

Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid):  Hybrid

Class meeting location, days, and times:  Wed – 11 am – 12:20 am @ Denton Exchange Campus

Lab meeting location, days, and times: N/A

Semester credit hours: 3 hours

Course description: This course introduces general nutritional concepts in health and disease and includes practical applications of that knowledge. Special emphasis is given to nutrients and nutritional processes including functions, food sources, digestion, absorption, and metabolism. Food safety, availability, and nutritional information including food labels, advertising, and nationally established guidelines are addressed.

Course prerequisites: None

Required course materials:

• McGraw Hill Connect Access for: Wardlaw’s, Contemporary Nutrition: 12^th edition. ISBN:  1260790037 | ISBN13:  9781260790030. 

Connect access will give access to the EBook as well.  If a hard copy of the textbook is preferred, you can purchase it but it is not required.

• Calculator (not on a phone or computer)
• A computer with reliable internet access and required programs to complete assignments and homework.
• Scantrons and #2 pencils for Exams.  Scantrons can be purchased at the bookstore or from a vending machine on the first floor.

Name of instructor: Susan Decker

Office location:  Gainesville campus # 406

Telephone number: 940-668-4252 Ext: 4345

E-mail address: sdecker@nctc.edu

Office hours for students: Denton campus #214: Wed 10:00 am – 11:00am/12:20pm – 1:00pm.

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.

SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

List of graded assignments: 

Connect Smartbook Homework – 10 @ 10 points each totaling 100 points possible

Quizzes / Assignments – 10 with varying point values totaling 100 points possible

Lecture Exams 1, 2, and 3 – (100 points each) 300 points possible

Final Comprehensive Exam – 100 possible

NOTE:  There are no exam make-ups.  If you miss an exam a zero will be recorded.  At the end of the semester, the lowest exam grade, either Lecture exam 1, 2 or 3 can be replaced with the Quiz/Homework average, if it is higher. If the Quiz/Assignment total is lower than Exam 1, 2, or 3, it will not be figured in the final total points.

The Final exam cannot be replaced since it is comprehensive.

Final grade scale: Final grade is based on 500 total percentage points. There is no extra credit available.  Final grades are based on the percentage earned.  

89.5% & up = A  

79.5-89.4% = B

69.5-79.4% = C

59.5- 69.4% = D

Below 59.5% = F

Late work policy: No Late work or make-ups on assignments/quizzes/ homework will be accepted because it will be submitted through Canvas online. All homework and assignments are required to be submitted in Canvas by the due date. All quizzes and exams will be conducted on campus in class but may be given online if needed. Any absence should be conveyed to the instructor prior to the missed class. Any communication outside of class should be sent through a message in your course through Canvas. 

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

COURSE POLICIES

Academic Integrity Policy:  Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”.

Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:  Any cheating will result in the student’s removal from the course and an F in the course. Cheating will be recorded on the student’s academic record. 

Attendance Policy: This is a hybrid class – half of our time will be on campus (1.5 hours) and half (1.5 hours) will be completed online each week.  Students are expected to participate by attending lecture, asking questions, engaging in group discussions, taking appropriate notes, etc. Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered. The student is considered absent if they are not present when roll is called. For this class, excessive tardies count as an absence. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain notes from another student.  Do not email the instructor for the lecture notes taken in class. Students should attend class regularly to stay current on material and deadlines.  Always check Canvas before coming to class, in case of a change. Students are responsible for reading the Announcements posted in the course in Canvas as well as making note of due dates of all homework, assignments, quizzes, and exams.

THE INSTRUCTOR RETAINS THE RIGHT TO DISMISS ANY STUDENT WHO EXHIBITS BEHAVIORS DISTRACTIVE TO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT (i.e. talking while the instructor is providing instructions or lecture; entering or leaving room while the instructor is providing instruction/lecture, inappropriate use of cell phone, disrespectful to other students or
instructor, etc.).  Continued issues may result in being dropped from the class. Cell phone use is not allowed and must be placed on silence. 

Withdrawal Policy: It is the student’s responsibility to drop should circumstances warrant the need, otherwise a grade of an F will be recorded when the final grades are determined.

A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.

Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: April 4, 2022.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1.  Apply nutritional knowledge to analyze personal dietary intakes, to plan nutritious meals using nationally established criteria to meet recommended

goals, and to evaluate food labels and the validity of nutritional claims.

2.  Trace the pathways and processes that occur in the body to handle nutrients

and alcohol through consumption, digestion, absorption, transport, metabolism, storage and waste excretion.

3.  Discuss functions, sources, deficiencies, and toxicities of macro- and

micronutrients, including carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, water, vitamins, and minerals.

4.  Apply the concept of energy balance and its influences at the physical, emotional, societal, and cellular level to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of various methods used to correct energy imbalances.

5.  Utilize concepts of aerobic and anaerobic energy systems, and knowledge about macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, ergogenics, and supplements and relate them to fitness and health.

6.  Describe health and disease issues related to nutrition throughout the life

cycle, including food safety, corrective dietary modifications, and the influence of specific nutrients on diseases.

Core Objectives:

Critical Thinking

Communication

Teamwork

Empirical and Quantitative Analysis

COLLEGE POLICIES

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.

ADA STATEMENT

NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations.  See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.

STUDENT SERVICES

NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students.  See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS