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Nutrition (NUTR) 496

Nutrition Projects (Revision 1)

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Delivery mode:

Individualized study

Credits:

3

Area of study:

Science

Prerequisites:

At least 12 university-level credits including at least 6 senior-level nutrition credits.
Before registering, students must submit an acceptable project proposal to the course coordinator, Dr. Norman Temple

Precluded:

None

Challenge:

NUTR 496 is not available for challenge.

Faculty:

Faculty of Science and Technology

Status:

Open

Overview

These courses are suitable for senior-level students who wish to do research in nutrition. The courses are based on a learning contract between the student and an approved supervisor. The course typically includes choosing and defining a problem; obtaining information from libraries or the internet; field work or experiments; organizing facts and ideas; and reporting findings and conclusions in a written form. Projects can only be done on work planned; they cannot be done on work already completed. Contact the course professor before registering.

Evaluation

To receive credit for NUTR 495/496, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least a C- (60 percent).

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Materials

This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee of $146, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.

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Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 1, July 1, 2002

Updated July 28, 2021, by Student & Academic Services

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