Course Coordinator:Judith Maher (jmaher@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health - Nutrition and Dietetics
UniSC Sunshine CoastUniSC Moreton Bay |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
Nutrition professionals need the skills and knowledge to communicate effectively with the public, consumers, organisations and other professionals. This course will develop your understanding and application of marketing principles, strengths based- culturally sensitive communication, behaviour change theory and hone your information literacy skills. You will use a theory and evidence informed approach to develop and tailor nutrition communication content and delivery for a range of audiences. Practical opportunities will develop your ability as an engaging, ethical and culturally humble nutrition communicator.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
Blended learning | |||
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – On campus application learning activities | 3hrs | Week 1 | 7 times |
Learning materials – Online learning activities including videos, quizzes and readings. | 1.5hrs | Week 1 | 7 times |
Fieldwork – Nutrition communication market stall | 3hrs | Week 4 | Once Only |
Seminar – Introduction to NUT306 | 1hr | Week 1 | Once Only |
300 Level (Graduate)
6 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
1 | Tailor nutrition communication to a range of audiences and media |
Engaged Communication |
2 | Utilise health literacy tools to promote effective and culturally sensitive nutrition communication |
Engaged Communication |
3 | Produce consumer friendly evidence and theory informed nutrition communications integrating marketing and ethical practice principles |
Ethical Engaged Communication |
4 | Critically reflect on nutrition communication practice and identify ongoing skill development needs | Creative and critical thinker |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
NUT205 and (NUT300 or NUT202 or NUT203)
Not applicable
Not applicable
It is expected you will have a sound knowledge of food and nutrition science.
Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Students will be given feedback on their team plan for their stall in week 2. They will use this feedback to enhance their practical experience and be able to use the feedback to reflect on for task 1. Students will also be given feedback on their elevator speech in week 4 prior to their fieldwork and Assessment task 1. Feedback on the 1st assessment will be given prior to the second assessment piece completion. Students will be able to apply learnings from task 1 to task 2.
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1a | Plan | Group | 0% | 2 A4 pages |
Week 2 | Online Submission |
All | 1b | Activity Participation | Individual | 0% | 40 seconds |
Week 4 | In Class |
All | 1c | Practical / Laboratory Skills | Individual and Group | 40% | 1 market stall |
Week 4 | In Class |
All | 1d | Written Piece | Individual | 20% | 600 words |
Week 5 | Online Submission |
All | 2 | Artefact - Creative | Group | 40% | Minimum 2 minutes |
Week 8 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
All - Assessment Task 1a:Abridge project plan | |||||||||||||
Goal: | Produce an abridged project plan |
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Product: | Plan | ||||||||||||
Format: | As a group (task 1), you will complete an abridged plan that summarises key planning information for the nutrition stall. This plan will demonstrate your group progress on developing 1) evidence informed nutrition content and 2) your understanding of the UniSC audience, and allow equitable allocation of tasks. |
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Generic Skills: | Collaboration, Organisation |
All - Assessment Task 1b:Elevator speech and open-ended questions | ||||||||||
Goal: | To communicate a clear nutrition message and engage the audience in dialogue through open ended questions. |
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Product: | Activity Participation | |||||||||
Format: | You will practice your prepared elevator speech and open-ended questioning with peers and staff. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication |
All - Assessment Task 1c:Communication assessment | ||||||||||||||||
Goal: | To communicate a clear nutrition message to a university audience via a nutrition promotion event. |
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Product: | Practical / Laboratory Skills | |||||||||||||||
Format: | In groups, you will plan and implement a market stall. You will apply principles of nutrition communication to develop a stall to communicate a clear nutrition message. Individually, you will plan and deliver an elevator speech and utilise open-ended questions and tailor your nutrition message to connect with your audience. You will showcase professionalism and skills in nutrition communication. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Applying technologies |
All - Assessment Task 1d:Reflection artefact | ||||||||||||||||
Goal: | To critically reflect on the experience of preparing for and engaging the community through a nutrition promotion event and identify areas for ongoing nutrition communication practice development. |
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Product: | Written Piece | |||||||||||||||
Format: | You will write a 600-word reflection (inclusive of photo evidence) describing your nutrition communication experience, evaluate learning gained and create and action plan for future growth in nutrition communication as per assessment instructions. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving |
All - Assessment Task 2:Nutrition communication video | ||||||||||||||||
Goal: | To create a strength based, evidence informed nutrition communication video for a selected audience and social media platform that integrates culturally sensitive communication, marketing and ethical practice principles. |
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Product: | Artefact - Creative | |||||||||||||||
Format: | You will produce a nutrition communication video suitable for an identified target audience. You will undertake a self-assessment of your video using the patient education materials assessment tool (PEMAT) to be submitted along with a rationale for your video. |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Applying technologies |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Students will be required to attend an information session at the start of the semester on gathering evidence towards the development of identified national competency standards.
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Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
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Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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