Course Syllabus: Spring 2019

Contemporary Nutrition: NUTR 313

San Diego State University
Course Description
Welcome to NUTR313 ‘Contemporary Nutrition.’ This is a three-unit, online class that introduces nutrition and food science disciplines. The purpose of this
course is to foster an intellectually curious student that is capable of continued learning in the nutritional sciences.
Contemporary Nutrition fulfills 3 of your 9 required units for GE Explorations and builds upon the goals and skills of your GE Foundation courses. The course
will provide students with an awareness and natural science foundation to understand diet and nutrition issues from individual and global perspectives,
and help students learn to accomplish the following with greater depth:
• Explain basic concepts and theories of the natural sciences
• Use logic and scientific methods to analyze the natural world and solve problems
• Argue from multiple perspectives about issues in natural science with personal and global relevance
• Use technology in laboratory and field situations to connect concepts and theories with real-world phenomenon.
NUTR 313 is a fully online course. Lecture material, readings, activities, assignments and exams are submitted via the course Blackboard Learn site. There
are no on campus, or real-time requirements for this class.

Course Prerequisites
Completion of a General Education requirement in Foundations of Learning II.A, Natural Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning and upper division
standing.

Instructor
Kelly Lane
klane@mail.sdsu.edu
Graduate Assistants
Timothy O’Neal Lukas Krumpl
onealtimothy@msn.com krumpll@spu.edu
In-Office Contact Information Posted in Blackboard Support

Required Course Materials

A Systems Approach to Human Nutrition. K. Lane. Top Hat Join Code: Available for direct purchase HERE. If the link doesn’t work, visit
https://app.tophat.com/register, find our course and enter the course Join Code 856420.

Course Objectives
This course will:
1. Provide a conceptual platform for continued learning.
2. Systematically explain each nutrient’s dietary source and structure, processing and bodily function.
3. Translate research-based dietary practices into simple recommendations for performance, health and life stages.

Course Format
This course consists of three distinct parts that are aimed at the three objectives written above. The primary teaching modalities for the course topics
includes text readings, audio lectures and downloadable notes with the student learning outcomes. These materials are available for students to review
and complete anytime during the period that each part is available, which is 3, 7 and 6 weeks for Parts 1-3, respectively.
Assessments & Grading
GRADE CENTER COLUMN MAX POINTS WHEN
EXAMS
There are 3 non-cumulative exams in this course. Each exam contains 40-50 multiple- Part 1 Exam 100 FEB 7
choice and true-false questions that will measure understanding of lectures and text
readings. Exams will be administered through Blackboard from 7 am to 11:59 pm PST on a Part 2 Exam 100 MARCH 28
scheduled date, and once accessed, must be completed in 60 minutes. Missed and
incomplete exams will not be re-scheduled for any other than documented extraneous
Part 3 Exam 100 MAY 9
circumstances.
300
Homework
There are reading comprehension questions embedded at the end of each section, 1-5 Part 1 Homework 25 FEB 7
in chapters 1-12 of the digital text. The points are weighted by a factor of 25% for
participation and 75% for correctness to encorage participation. Homework points can Part 2 Homework 90 MARCH 28
not be transferred to the Blackboard Grade Center without the SAN DIEGO STATE RED ID
inputted into the studnet Top Hat account.
Part 3 Homework 75 MAY 9
190
WRITTEN PROJECT
1-2 Page Paper – Topic to be Announced DIET PROJECT 60 APRIL 18
TOTAL 550
STUDENTS HAVE ONE WEEK TO NOTIFY GA OF POINT ERROR IN GRADE CENTER. EVIDENCE WILL BE REQUIRED

Academic Integrity
San Diego State University expects the highest standards of academic honesty from all students. Violations of academic integrity include the following:
(1) unauthorized assistance on an examination, (2) falsification or invention of data, (3) unauthorized collaboration on an academic exercise, (4)
plagiarism, (5) misappropriation of research materials, (6) unauthorized access of an instructor’s files or computer account, and (7) any other serious
violation of academic integrity as established by the instructor. If your academic integrity is not maintained on a test or assignment, you will
automatically receive a grade of zero for that test or assignment and you will be reported to the Dean’s Office, in accordance with SDSU academic
integrity policy. http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/srr/cheating-plagiarism.html.

Students with Documented Learning Disabilities

The assignments and exams in this course are given online via Blackboard and are timed. For students who have documented learning disabilities, and
who are authorized for additional time on tests and quizzes, please submit your signed verification letter to onealtimothy@msn.com at least one week
prior to the scheduled exam. Students without verification letters will not be granted additional time.