HEED 104 Personal Nutrition Assessment

Students are introduced to a computerized nutritional assessment program. Students evaluate their current nutritional status and develop strategies for improvement. Various group discussions, lectures, and labs provide students with the means to critically evaluate their dietary practices.

Credits

1

Hours Weekly

1 hour weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and evaluate research and apply this information to current USDA recommendations
   for nutrition.
2. Analyze current dietary intake using a computer-based system, then create strategies for
   improving current dietary intake based on results of current intake analysis.
3. Describe the role nutrition plays in health/wellness.
4. Identify the nutritional components of diet and compare and contrast their contributions to
   personal nutrition.
5. Compare and contrast fads and fallacies of nutrition and establish one’s own position on the
   issue.
6. Identify various food preparation methods, including advantages and disadvantages as they
   relate to health.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and evaluate research and apply this information to current USDA recommendations
   for nutrition.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
2. Analyze current dietary intake using a computer-based system, then create strategies for
   improving current dietary intake based on results of current intake analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
3. Describe the role nutrition plays in health/wellness.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
4. Identify the nutritional components of diet and compare and contrast their contributions to
   personal nutrition.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Compare and contrast fads and fallacies of nutrition and establish one’s own position on the
   issue.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
6. Identify various food preparation methods, including advantages and disadvantages as they
   relate to health.

   This objective is a course Goal Only