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Lecture:
Discussion Section:
Professors:
The textbook is Smolin & Grosvenor, Nutrition: Science and Applications, 3rd edition. ISBN: 978119052074.
There are two options for purchasing the textbook, listed below. The previous edition of the textbook is also
acceptable, however readings may be slightly changed.
1. New, printed text in the bookstore packaged with a WileyPLUS access code (about $105).
2. Electronic version of the book with WileyPLUS access code available at:
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-824175.html ($60)
Note: Three copies of the textbook are also on permanent reserve at the Moffitt library.
ENROLLMENT:
Adding and dropping the course will take place through Tele-Bears. Please visit registrar.berkeley.edu for
information about late adding/dropping. Discussion sections begin on Monday, January 26.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Five discussion section assignments, worth 10 points each, will be given throughout the semester. Assignments
are due in discussion section and will be graded by your GSI. Five (5) points will be deducted for each week they
are late. Assignments emailed, left in professor or GSI mailboxes or under office doors will NOT be accepted.
You will be granted one late assignment, which can be turned in one week late for full credit. Any assignmentrelated questions should be directed at your GSI.
There will be one diet analysis project, worth 25 points, which provides an opportunity for you to evaluate and
critique your diet and personal nutrient needs. The project requires you to record and analyze your diet for three
days using the free USDA SuperTracker program available at https://www.supertracker.usda.gov. The diet
analysis project cannot be used as your free late assignment.
EXAMS:
There will be 3 midterm exams and 1 cumulative final. Each exam will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions.
Your lowest midterm grade will be dropped, but all students are required to take the final exam.
POINTS
100 points per midterm
100 points per final
10 points per assignment
25 points
A 92.00 - 97.99%
B 82.00 - 87.99%
C 72.00 - 77.99%
D 62.00 - 67.99%
TOTAL POINTS
200 points from midterms
100 points from final
50 points from section
25 points from DA project
375 points
ABCD-
90.00 - 91.99%
80.00 - 81.99%
70.00 - 71.99%
60.00 - 61.99%
Date
Tues,
Jan
20
Thurs,
Jan
22
Tues,
Jan
27
Thurs,
Jan
29
Tues,
Feb
3
Thurs,
Feb
5
Tues,
Feb
10
Thurs,
Feb
12
Tues,
Feb
17
Thurs,
Feb
19
Tues,
Feb
24
Thurs,
Feb
26
Tues,
Mar
3
Thurs,
Mar
5
Tues,
Mar
10
Thurs,
Mar
12
Tues,
Mar
17
Thurs,
Mar
19
Tues,
Mar
24
Thurs,
Mar
26
Tues,
Mar
31
Thurs,
Apr
2
Lecture
Topic
Introduction:
Function
of
nutrients
Nutrition-
whole
body,
tissues,
single
cells,
organelles
Homeostasis
Carbohydrate,
protein,
and
lipid
structure
Energy
balance,
ATP,
oxidation,
entropy,
mitochondrion
Vitamin
C,
iron
Water,
sodium,
chloride
Overview
of
digestion:
Function,
strategy,
behavior,
health
Protein:
Absorption,
structure,
function,
bioavailability
Protein:
Metabolism,
quality,
excess,
deficiency
Carbohydrate:
Absorption,
structure,
function,
bioavailability
Carbohydrate:
Metabolism,
glycolysis,
glycogen,
behavior,
health
Professor
Lecture
Reading
GA
5-21
GA
GA
254-280
GA
410-437
GA
74-109
GA
214-251
GA
214-251
GA
110-155
GA
110-155
GA
157-201
GA
157-201
Midterm Exam I
GSIs
GA
440-471
GA
474-509
Dr. Shane
324-365
Dr. Shane
324-365
GA
280-300
No Lecture
No Lecture
GA
280-300
Obesity
Midterm
Exam
II
GSIs
Section Topic
Section
Reading/
Assignment
No Section
No Section
Understanding
nutrition
guidelines
34-50
Reading
nutrition
labels
Assignment
1
(Nutrition
Guidelines)
51-53
Protein
and
vegetarianism
244-248, 739
No Section
No Section
Exam Review
Assignment
2
(Nutrition
Labels)
Nutrition
supplements
54-58
Assignment
3
(Supplements)
90-91,
235
Food insecurity
671-672,736,
750-753
No Section
No Section
Exam Review
Assignment
4
(Food
Insecurity)
Date
Lecture Topic
Tues,
Apr
7
Thurs,
Apr
9
Tues,
Apr
14
Thurs,
Apr
16
Tues,
Apr
21
Thurs,
Apr
23
Tues,
Apr
28
Thurs,
Apr
30
May
4
May
8
Thurs,
May
14
8-9am
Professor
Lecture
Reading
Dr. Brooks
526-569
GA
202-213
GA
401-405,
661
GA
731-759
GA
278-282
Alcohol
Whole
food
phytochemicals
Starvation
Food
intake
regulation
Eating
disorders
Nutrition
overview
Midterm
Exam
III
RRR
Week
Final
Exam
Section Topic
Section
Reading/
Assignment
Food
technology
698-711, 722-729
Nutrition
research
16-29
Popular diets
Assignment
5
(Nutrition
Research)
288-297
Diet
Analysis
Project
GA
304-321
GA
GSIs
Exam
Review
Course
Evaluations
No Section
GSIs