Course Title: Nutrition in Health and Disease
Campus Course Code: ALHS 5322
UTTC Course Code: KINO 6380
Campus: UT Tyler
Program: Kinesiology
Course Description
The brief catalog description of this course is “Reinforcement and application of nutritional facts and concepts through study of research, analysis of diets, and critiquing of nutritional information from a variety of sources.”
No single course can cover everything in nutrition, nor can it make a person a professional nutritionist or dietitian. This is a first, graduate-level nutrition course. It has no specific prerequisites in terms of prior completed courses, although it is advantageous to have had a prior general nutrition course. This course will cover basic and essential knowledge of nutritional facts and concepts (and there are many of these in nutrition), but this will not be the main thrust of the course. Rather, the main emphasis of the course will be (a) the use of basic knowledge of nutrition to better understand nutrition research and (b) the application of knowledge of nutrition to analysis of diets and critiquing of a variety of information related to nutrition. For some students, this will be a first course in nutrition. Others will have had one or more general nutrition courses previously. For the former group of students, learning the basics of nutrition will require much studying; for the latter students, the basic nutritional facts and concepts will require relatively little review. With that studying or reviewing, as well as the other activities in the course, the course hopefully will greatly increase awareness and understanding of research in nutrition, and enhance skills in applying such research to nutrition-related problems.
Objectives
Objectives of the online master’s degree program are that graduates will be able to:
- critically read and discuss published research relevant to kinesiology;
- discuss in writing issues related to kinesiology, identifying, analyzing and defending different viewpoints;
- apply theoretical concepts from the kinesiology research literature to professional practice; and
- use computer technology to manage data, access information, and communicate effectively.
This course addresses these objectives through the following:
- Study of basic nutritional facts, concepts and theories, related to: functions and sources of major nutrients, as well as results of deficiencies and excesses; the processes of digestion, absorption and transport of macro- and micro-nutrients; relation between diet and health status; recommended dietary guidelines.
- Critically reading and discussing research related to nutrition.
- Discussing in writing controversial issues related to nutrition and identifying, analyzing and defending different viewpoints on the issues.
- Applying theoretical concepts in nutrition.
- Using computer technology to manage nutritional data, access information related to nutrition, and communicate effectively about nutrition.
Specific learning outcomes for each module of the course are listed in the online Outline area of the course.
Materials
To see a complete list of materials needed for this course, as well as any important notes and instructions provided by the instructor, visit the UTTC Book Lists.
Credits:3
Level:Graduate
Faculty
Ashley Love
ashley.love@utsa.edu
210-458-6226