Summer 2011                                                                                        Joel Wiens Ed.D.

Nutrition is all the processes involved in the taking in and utilization of food substances by which growth, repair, and maintenance
of activities in the body. It includes ingestion, digestion, absorption, and metabolism.  Nutrition also involves studying the factors
that influence our eating patterns and making recommendations about how we eat. 

Student Learning Outcomes
The students will be able to:
a.    Evaluate nutrition and food patterns and design a healthy diet and exercise plan using appropriate nutritional tools.
b.   Recognize, describe, differentiate, or explain the physiological needs for nutrients, vitamins, minerals, fiber and water
     and the processes involved in making these available to the body tissues.
c.   Apply principles of caloric intakes and energy balance to determine desirable weight and how to maintain that weight.
d.   Analyze and evaluate nutritional information and discriminate between reliable information and false advertising.
e.    Describe, distinguish, explain or analyze the roles that nutrition and exercise play in promotion of health and prevention
     of chronic disease.
f.      Recognize, distinguish, compare or explain differing nutritional needs according to age, body type or pregnancy.

Materials
Contemporary Nutrition 8th edition by Wardlaw & Smith.  McGraw-Hill Publishers.
Book website: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073040541/information_center_view0/

Grading
The grading scale is the normal percentage  
A = 90-100%; B = 80-89%; C – 70-79%; D = 60-69%; F < 60%

Assignments and Quizzes
Chapter Summary Worksheets
Chapter Case Studies
Chapter Discussion Posting Topics
MyPyramid food intake and exercise output
Research Paper
Three Quizzes

Disabilities
Students with a verified disability may qualify for alternate media, extended time testing, and other various accommodations provided
by the Disability Resource Center.  Please contact the DRC in AC 115 or call 559-791-2215, or talk with your instructor for further
information.  See me today if you need to sit at the front of class.

Expectations
This class requires regular login to the online class Website, reading, and work.  Our assignments and discussions have due dates, and
everyone is expected to keep up with the work. Remember, learning is not a spectator sport so the more you get involved the more you
will learn. Read some advice given by former online students here: http://www.portervillecollege.edu/online_courses/orient/

Logon Information
To login to our class please go to: http://inside.portervillecollege.edu

You should bookmark the login page so you can easily return to it.  To login, you will need to use your college assigned email address
for the “Email Address” field (Be sure and include the @email.portervillecollege.edu part of your email address.), and your myBanweb
PIN for the “Password” field (this is also the same password that you use to login to your college email).

Once you are logged in, you will see a tab called “My Courses".  Click the tab, then find our class and click on it.  A new window will open
and will take you to the Moodle site for this course.

Technical Support and Preparation for Taking an Online Class
If you have trouble logging in or if you have any other technical problems during the semester, please contact the 24/7 support center either
by phone at 877-382-3508 or at the following website http://support.kccd.edu.

You should also visit our online courses Website at http://www.portervillecollege.edu/online_courses/,
There is a lot of information on this page about the online class experience and a moodle guide.