Course Outline
NUT308 Complementary Nutrition
Course Coordinator:Hester Wright (hwright@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health and Behavioural Sciences
2020Session 3
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
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.
What is this course about?
Description
As a nutrition professional you will often have to respond to consumer queries on a wide range of complementary approaches to food, nutrition and health. This is an emerging interest for the general public and for health professionals. In this course, you will explore and assess the evidence base and ethical considerations for a range of complementary modalities. You will also use information literacy and communication skills to search resources and to convey the evidence required for future professional practice.
How will this course be delivered?
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What level is this course?
300 Level (Graduate)
What is the unit value of this course?
6 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| 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 | Identify and critically review the evidence base for complementary approaches to food and nutrition |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 2 | Judge the therapeutic benefit of a complementary food or food component for an individual | Creative and critical thinker |
| 3 | Apply an ethical and evidence based approach to evaluating the use of complementary approaches to food and nutrition | Ethical |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
NUT202 and NUT205 and enrolled in Program SC302 or SC353
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
NUT315
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Students should have a sound knowledge of food science principles, food composition (macro & micro nutrients) and nutrient requirements across the lifecycle.
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
Assessment tasks
| 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 | 1 | Report | Individual | 50% | 1000 words |
Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check | |
| All | 2a | Activity Participation | Individual | 0% | Poster critique |
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| All | 2b | Activity Participation | Individual | 50% | Poster |
Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Report Therapeutic application of a food/food component (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to use an ethical and evidence based approach to judge the therapeutic benefit and application of a food or food component for an individual. |
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| Format: | You will be provided with a case study to investigate the therapeutic benefit and application of a food or food component for an individual. You will source and assess the available evidence related to this topic.You will make a judgement on the effectiveness and suitability of the complementary modality for the individual and provide a rationale for your decision in the form of a written report.(1000 words). Formative feedback will be provided in class in week 3. |
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| Goal: | The goal of this task is to develop your critical thinking skills and understanding of the evidence base for a complementary approach to food and nutrition, and to effectively communicate your findings. |
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| Format: | Part A Formative assessment: In the week 5 workshop you will assess a poster provided by the lecturer using the poster marking rubric. Based on this, you will identify areas that need addressing and provide 3 suggested changes that could be made to the poster to enhance the poster presentation. Formative (ungraded) feedback will be provided. Your poster will be completed as an individual task and developed and to a be at a standard that would be expected if presented at a professional conference. The poster will be either A1/A0 in size and will follow formatting conventions as required for a conference poster presentation.Typeface will not be smaller than 20 pt. Your work will be referenced using Vancouver Style. |
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| Goal: | The goal of this task is to develop your critical thinking skills and understanding of the evidence base for a complementary approach to food and nutrition, and to effectively communicate your findings. |
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| Format: | Part B Poster: You will individually source and assess the available evidence of a chosen herb or spice and develop a poster that clearly communicates the nutritional and non-nutritional properties of the herb/spice and the evidence to support its use as a complementary modality. Your poster will be completed as an individual task and developed and to a be at a standard that would be expected if presented at a professional conference. The poster will be either A1/A0 in size and will follow formatting conventions as required for a conference poster presentation. Typeface will not be smaller than 20 pt. Your work will be referenced using Vancouver Style. You will submit your poster online as a PowerPoint slide in week 6. |
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Directed study hours
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.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
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.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Braun & Cohen | 2014 | Herbs & Natural Supplements: An evidence based guide | (4th Ed.) | Elsevier |
Specific requirements
Not applicable
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
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.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconductAssessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.Links to relevant University policy and procedures
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