SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
NUTRITION
CRN: 30637
Section: BIOL 209-704
Credits: 3 credit hours
Availability: 9 (Capacity: 25)
Dates: 01-21-2025 – 05-09-2025
Instructor: Roberta Kirkland
SCHEDULED MEETING TIMES:
Online Study (Asynchronous)
Study online anytime; no mandatory meeting time
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Appropriate for science majors and non-majors, and students pursuing a career in healthcare professions. Examines the fundamentals of nutrition including nutrient composition of foods, macronutrients and micronutrients, physiological factors influencing nutritional needs, nutrient digestion, assimilation, and storage, nutrient requirements across the lifespan, the role of food and nutrients in health and disease, methods used in dietary planning and assessment, sources of nutrition information, scientific methodology and methods used in nutrition research, biotechnologies, and food sustainability and insecurity.
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