Viewing Unit History

The information below is relevant from 09/03/2015 to 05/03/2017
Click Here to view current information

NUTR12002 - Nutrition in Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This is an advanced unit in nutritional practice which builds on prior learning in the course in the areas of nutrition, biochemistry and physiology. On completion of the unit students should have an understanding of nutritional assessment, understanding of lifespan nutrition, and the relationship between nutrition and disease across the various stages of the lifespan.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: NUTR19001 Nutrition OR NUTR12001 Human Nutrition OR BMSC11006 Food,Nutrition and Health

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Class Timetable View Unit Timetable
Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2016

Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Distance
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Group Work 30%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Examination 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

To view Past Exams,
please login
Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25.00% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Difficult to engage students in tutorials conducted during office hours.
Recommendation
Investigate alternative methods of engaging students in learning activities and online tutorials.
Action Taken
Use of real-world examples and how concepts are applied in practise seemed to assist with student engagement during tutorials.
Source: The unit coordinators self reflection and verbal feedback received from students.
Feedback
The structure of the unit, the assessments and formative quizzes appear to be conducive to learning the associated content and the students enjoyed the residential school activities.
Recommendation
Continue with current structure of the unit.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: The unit coordinators self reflection and verbal feedback received from students.
Feedback
Including additional engaging activities and real-world case studies can assist with providing additional depth and breadth of the concepts.
Recommendation
Embed additional real-world case studies and engaging learning activities to assist with deeper understanding of nutrition in practice.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Relate how food and nutrition factors impact human health and disease across all stages of the lifespan.
  2. Explain appropriate methods of assessing nutritional status of different population groups.
  3. Comprehend and relate nutrient requirements and factors which impact requirements during each stage of the lifespan.
  4. Research and critically review evidence for nutrition-related health conditions, and explain how nutrition plays a central role in the prevention and treatment of these conditions.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Group Work
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Examination
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Group Work
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Examination