NSC 308 - Nutrition and Metabolism
Syllabus – Spr 2017, MWF 2:00-3:00pm EDU 353
Instructors:
Jennifer Ricketts, Ph.D., R.D, Shantz 236, [email protected] Please indicate “308” in the subject
heading of your email.
Office Hours: Tuesday 10-12:00, Wednesdays 10-11:30 AND by appt (please email! I am often available).
Success is more likely to occur when students take the time to utilize office hours and/or appointments!
Course Description:
“Nutrition and Metabolism” will cover the metabolic and physiological functions of nutrients at the molecular,
cellular, tissue, organ and system level, integrating the effects of nutritional status in health and disease. We will
have a short quiz on new text material that will be covered during the week. The ‘pre-quiz’ is a strategy to
encourage students to read content when requested so that discussion can be more thoughtful and interesting.
Journal reading and paper summaries will be given regularly. Two midterm exams and final exam will be given
as stated in the schedule below. Final grade determination is provided below.
Course Objective
Students will develop an understanding of nutrient metabolism and function in humans. They will develop an
up-to-date knowledge of the role of nutrients as related to health and disease states including cancer, heart
disease and diabetes. Students will develop the ability to analyze current articles/reviews in the field of basic
science and clinical trial as it relates to the topic of the course. Understanding methodologies and scientific
methods used to demonstrate the importance of nutrients
Student Learning Outcomes
Identify steps of the scientific method and how to critique peer-reviewed journal articles
Identify steps of digestion and absorption of nutrients
Explain metabolic steps of catabolism for the macronutrients and calculate energy production
Devise diet and lifestyle changes for improved health based on presented patient suffering a chronic disease
Present lecture detailing identification, pathophysiology, and nutrition intervention of a metabolic disease
Prerequisites: MCB 181 or PSIO 201, N SC 101
Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: CHEM 241A
Textbooks: Perspectives in Nutrition: A Functional Approach, 1st ed. Based on Wardlaw (original author).
Byrd-Bredbenner, Moe, Beshgetoor, Berning, Kelley. Published by McGraw Hill, 2014. You must buy the
ebook! See instructions on D2L course home, then proceed to link in D2L/content/McGraw Hill –Learn
Smart. It is expected that the chapters covered in lectures have been read by students before coming to
class and the chapter assignments completed in “connect”.
Course Policy: Attendance is necessary to be successful in this course. Class participation counts toward your
final grade and will be randomly collected during the semester. Students will be responsible for knowing
assignment and test dates and making arrangements to complete or hand-in work BEFORE if there is a conflict.
There will be no “make-ups”.
Special Needs and Accommodations Statement
Students who need special accommodation or services should contact the Disability Resources Center, 1224
East Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (520) 621-3268, FAX (520) 621-9423, email: [email protected],
http://drc.arizona.edu/. You must register and request that the Center or DRC send me official notification of
your accommodations needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office
hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to
fully participate. The need for accommodations must be documented by the appropriate office.
Incompletes: incompletes will be issued on an individual basis and only if the first ¾ of the course has been
completed.
Scholastic Ethics: The Code of Academic Integrity of the University of Arizona places the responsibility on
each student for the conduct and integrity of all academic work submitted as homework or examinations. The
guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work, examinations or projects are that
student's own work. Students must in no way misrepresent or be party to another student's failure to maintain
academic integrity. All cell phones must be turned off and put away before class begins!
Classroom Behavior: No cell phones or laptops will be allowed during class time. We are in a collaborative
learning space. To foster a positive learning environment, students and instructors have a shared responsibility.
We want a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment where all of us feel comfortable with each other and
where we can challenge ourselves to succeed. To that end, our focus is on the tasks at hand and not on
extraneous activities (e.g., texting, chatting, reading a newspaper, making phone calls, web surfing, etc.).
Students are asked to refrain from disruptive conversations with people sitting around them during lecture.
Students observed engaging in disruptive activity will be asked to cease this behavior. Those who continue to
disrupt the class will be asked to leave lecture or discussion and may be reported to the Dean of Students.
The UA Threatening Behavior by Students Policy prohibits threats of physical harm to any member of the
University community, including to oneself. See http://policy.arizona.edu/education-and-studentaffairs/threatening-behavior-students.
UA Nondiscrimination and Anti-harassment Policy
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an environment free of discrimination; see
http://policy.arizona.edu/human-resources/nondiscrimination-and-anti-harassment-policy
Our classroom is a place where everyone is encouraged to express well-formed opinions and their reasons for
those opinions. We also want to create a tolerant and open environment where such opinions can be expressed
without resorting to bullying or discrimination of others.
Office of Diversity (http://diversity.arizona.edu/)
http://www.health.arizona.edu/counseling-and-psych-services
http://oasis.health.arizona.edu/hpps_oasis_program.htm
Subject to Change statement: This syllabus is subject to change with reasonable notice, as deemed appropriate
by the professor.
Chapter Assignments: Before each chapter is lectured on students are expected to read the ebook chapter and
complete the Learn Smart assignments found in McGraw Hill’s Connect.
Metabolic Disease Presentations: Students will be placed into groups depending on class size. Each group will
have a nutrition-related disease to present during the semester. These presentations occur on Fridays beginning
the 4th week of classes. Each student in the group will be evaluated by the class and by their group on their
contribution. Groups will work with the TA in submitting draft information to ensure presentations meet
expectations. The presentation itself is worth 100 points for presenters. There will be an additional 50 points
toward your fiinal grade coming from evaluations from attending at least 10 presentations (worth 5pts each) by
filling out the extensive evaluation form that accompanies the presentation. Arriving late will affect your
evaluation points. More information and guidelines on presentations will be handed out in class.
Micronutrient Disease Presentations: Groups will be assigned a micronutrient to present in the later part of
the semester. The textbook info must be the foundation for this presentation however depending on the
micronutrient, groups will be instructed to cover particular aspects as assigned.
Class Participation: Throughout the semester there will be a graded “bell work” activity covering material you
are expected to have reviewed before coming to class. Student should always have lined paper (without spiral
ends) for doing their bell work and a calculator (cell phones are not allowed to be visible during class). Students
leaving class before class ends will have points deducted from the bell work grade. Other class activities will
correspond with content we are covering and are meant to help make connections or further study content
associated with current events. Receiving participation points will require attendance in lecture and often
attendance in the previous class period to know how to prepare.
Midterms and Final: The midterms and the final will include a small amount of multiple choice and true false
question but mostly open-ended describe, explain, or draw a diagram type questions. All exams will be
cumulative. Often a class participation activity will be used as a review for the more difficult open-ended
questions.
Grade Determination: the points you earn from quizzes, assignments, midterm and a final will determine your grade.
Total Possible Points
LearnSmart Assgn
Presentation
Presentation eval
Class Participation
Micronutrient pres
Midterm
Final
Grade Assignment:
A
B
C
D
E
5 pts each
100 pts
5 pts each
5 pts each
25 pts
100 pts each
100 pts
50 pts
100 pts
50 pts
75 pts
25 pts
200 pts
100 pts
600 pts
540 - 600
480 - 539
420 - 479
360 - 419
Below 360
Lecture Plan: The following course outline provides a rough estimate of the time to be spent on the particular
topics. You will want to attend lecture regularly because the participation points occur during class. The
schedule below estimates amount of time on a chapter, however we may complete a chapter a day earlier or
later than estimated.
Course Outline:
Topic
January
11 Class introduction
13 Ch 1 Science of nutrition
16 Presentation expectations, Scientific papers
18 Ch 2 Tools of a Healthy Diet
20 Ch 2 and Ch 4 Basic Science
23 Ch 4 Basic Science
25
27 Ch 5 Carbohydrates
30
February
1 Diabetes,
March
April
May
3
6
8
10
13
15
17
20
22
24
27
1
3
6
8
10
Ch 6 Lipids
Ch 6 Lipids
Ch 7 Proteins
Ch 8 Alcohol
Presentation 1,2
Review
Midterm 1
Ch 9 Metabolism,
Metabolism
Presentation 3,4
Ch 10 Energy Balance and Weight Regulation
Presentation 5,6
Spring Break
20 Ch 11 Sports Nutrition
22
24 Presentation 7, 8
27 Review
29 Midterm 2
31 Micronutrient Presentations Intro
3 Electrolytes
5 Electrolytes
7 Presentation 9, 10
10 Antioxidants
12 Antioxidants
14 Presentation 11, 12
17 Bone
19 Bone/blood
21 Presentation 13, 14
24 Blood
26 Energy
28 Energy/growth
1
3
Friday, May 5
Final from 1:00-3:00 in EDU 353