HSN101 - Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Jennifer McCann Trimester 3: Carley Grimes |
| Campus contact: | Burwood (Melbourne): Jennifer McCann Waurn Ponds (Geelong) and Warrnambool: Katie Lacy |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSNM101 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Burwood (Melbourne) and Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students - 1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 3 x 1 hour seminars per trimester |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour online recorded lecture per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit provides students with foundation knowledge in food, nutrition and health, including food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations for health and methods for measuring food intake and behaviour, historical perspective of why we consume the foods we do today and how our scientific knowledge may influence foods we eat in the future. Students also gain an understanding of interactions between the environment, technologies developed to produce and harvest foods and scientific advances in food and nutrition. The topics include: food history, Australian food culture, food production, food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations and their relationship with health and methods used to measure food intakes and behaviours. Students also have an opportunity to align their interests and values to future career options.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Identify food and nutrition concepts such as food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations and the impact of food and nutrition on population health. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify principles of food production and apply them to issues of global food sustainability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify food and nutrition concepts and apply them to the improvement of population health. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Evaluate and discuss methods for measuring food intakes and behaviours and identify factors that influence food choice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Apply effective written and visual communication skills to communicate foundation knowledge in food, nutrition and health. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO6 | Align interests and values to future career options. | GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Career activity and reflection | 500 words, plus infographic | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Written assignment | 1400 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 3: Case study | 800 words | 15% |
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| Assessment 4: End-of-Unit Assessment | 90 minutes | 35% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HSN101 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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