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ANS/NTR/PO 415 Comparative Nutrition Syllabus Jim Croom, Ph.D., FACN, Instructor John Brake, Ph.D., PAS, WNR Distinguished Professor (Consulting Instructor) Course Information Course title Comparative Nutrition Course number ANS/NTR/PO 415 Location Online (http://moodle.wolfware.ncsu.edu/ ) Date of Course Please see course calendar on Moodle Instructor Information Name Jim Croom, Ph.D., F.A.C.N. Email [email protected] Address and Contact 334 Scott Hall Information Department of Poultry Science Campus Box 7608 NC State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7608 Skype Address (jim.croom) Office Hours and Tutoring Dr. Croom conducts virtual office hours 6 hours per week on Skype (voice and IM), and email (See Moodle calendar for days and times). If your schedule does not allow you to attend office hours, please contact Dr. Croom schedule a private tutoring session. Dr. Croom also tries to take Skype calls and IM message anytime he is logged onto Skype if he is not otherwise occupied. He sometimes does this in the evenings. If he has logged in during the evening, you can be sure your call will be welcomed. Lecture Unit Notes Unit 1 Lesson Digestion and Absorption: The importance of gastrointestinal adaptation in nutrition (Watch online movies before you start Unit) 1 Topics Gastrointestinal Morphology Microscopic Anatomy of GI Tract Regulation of Digestion and Absorption Unit 2 Lesson Nutrient Metabolism and Bioenergetics (Watch online movies before you start Unit) Topics Metabolism Introduction Energy Production Whole Body Energy Metabolism Please take Exam 1 –Exam window Feb. 4 - Feb. 8. Exam will be administered in the presence of your proctor (see section on proctoring on Moodle class site). Units 1 and 2 Covered Unit 3 Lesson A) Water and Fluid Balance B) Carbohydrates in Nutrition Topics Water: The Forgotten Nutrient Carbohydrates: Structure Carbohydrates: Digestion Carbohydrates: Metabolism Unit 4 Lesson Proteins in Nutrition (Watch online movie before you start unit) Topics Proteins and Amino Acids: Structure Proteins and Amino Acids: Digestion Proteins and Amino Acids: Metabolism Please take Exam 2 – Exam window March 11- March 15. Exam will be administered in the presence of your proctor (see section on proctoring on Moodle class site). Units 3 and 4 Covered Unit 5 Lesson Lipids in Nutrition (Watch online movies before you start unit) Topics Lipids: Structure 2 Lipids: Digestion Lipids: Metabolism Unit 6 Lesson Vitamins in Nutrition, Lectures 1 and 2 (Watch online movies before you start unit) Please take Exam 3 – Exam window April 1 – April 5. Exam will be administered in the presence of your proctor (see section on proctoring on Moodle class site). Units 5 and 6 Covered Unit 7 Lesson Vitamins in Nutrition, Part II Topics Vitamins - Water Soluble: Thiamine and Riboflavin Vitamins - Water Soluble: Niacin, Biotin, and Pantothenic Acid Vitamins - Water Soluble: B6, Folate, B12, and C Unit 8 Lesson Minerals in Nutrition (Watch online movies before you start unit) Topics Macrominerals Microminerals Please take Exam 4 – Exam window April 22 – April 26. Exam will be administered in the presence of your proctor (see section on proctoring on Moodle class site). Units 7 and 8 Covered The final exam is comprehensive. Exam window April 29- May 9. Exam will be administered in the presence of your proctor. 3 Examinations Practice Questions There are sample exam questions posted on the Moodle web site. The purpose of these questions is to give you examples of how class material is presented on the exams. These are actual questions taken at random from the class exam pool across the entire semester. Exam Details There will be four (4) examinations during the semester consisting of 150 multiple choice and true/false questions and one (1) comprehensive final exam consisting of 300 multiple choice and true/false questions. The semester exams will be worth 300 points each and the comprehensive final 600 points. Your total number of points for the course, excluding bonus points is 1800.You will be allowed 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete the 4 semester examinations and 3 hours to complete the final exam. Exam questions will be randomly generated by Moodle from an existing pool of questions. Examinations for any two students will be different in either order or exact content of questions. All exam questions are taken from the written notes and the instructional movies. Sometimes there will be slight deviations from the written notes and the voiced lectures. These are due to additions to the notes or misspeaking by the instructor. Always default to the written notes. No exam questions will be generated from the movies. The movies are to provide you background information to avoid having you purchase a text. Please save your exam question answers often as you take the exams. Should there be a short interruption in Moodle service, this will save your answers. If you do not save answers at the end of the exam, Moodle will not record your answers or administer a grade. Exam Question Problems You will not be allowed to print your exams. You are allowed scratch paper to note any question number on your exam that you would like to discuss with Dr. Croom. You will have 48 hours from the time you complete an exam to contest any question. 4 Guaranteed Minimum Grading Grading scale: A+ = 98-100% A = 90 - 97% A- = 87 - 89% B+ = 83 - 86% B = 76 - 82% B- = 72 - 75% C+ = 67- 71% C = 60 - 66% C- = 60% D+ = 59 D = 58% D- = 57% F = less than 56% 5