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Delivery mode: Individualized study online.
Credits: 3 - Science
Prerequisite: NUTR 405
Centre: Centre for Science
NUTR 406 has a Challenge for Credit option.
The course provides an in-depth understanding of topics valuable to a well-rounded understanding of nutrition and presents recent developments in the field. In addition, students will enhance their ability to write a critical evaluation of topics in nutrition.
The major part of this reading course will be from Nutritional health: Strategies for disease prevention, edited by Norman J. Temple, Ted Wilson, and David Jacobs. Topics covered include:
Students will also read several research articles, complete four assignments, and write a final examination. In order to complete the assignments students require access to either the Internet or a research library, preferably both.
To receive credit for NUTR 406 you must:
Assign 1 | Assign 2 | Assign 3 | Assign 4 | Final Exam | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16% | 16% | 13% | 10% | 45% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Norman J. Temple, Ted Wilson and David Jacobs, eds. 2006. Nutritional health: Strategies for disease prevention, second edition. Humana Press.
The course materials also include a student manual/study guide and a reading file.