HSN101 - Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| 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: Katie Lacy Trimester 3: Rachel Laws |
| Campus contact: | Burwood (Melbourne): Jennifer McCann and Jessica Kempler Waurn Ponds (Geelong) and Warrnambool: Katie Lacy |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Burwood (Melbourne) and Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students - 1 x 2 hour class per week and 3 x 1 hour seminars per trimester |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 2 hour online recorded class per week and 3 x 1 hour cloud (online) seminars per trimester |
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.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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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: Examination | 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 the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN101 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.
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