FSHN 150 - Survey of Human Nutrition

When it comes to nutrition, the media often focus on fad diets and controversies. You might even think nutrition experts are constantly changing their advice on what a healthy diet is. Yet, this isn’t true. The science of nutrition is complex but choosing a healthy diet does not need be. FSHN 150 will provide you a broad survey of the SCIENCE of human nutrition that will allow you to debunk diet myths, understand factors that influence your food choices and health, and design a nutritious eating pattern.

Each weekly module includes a blend of learning activities designed to deliver a challenging and engaging experience. You’ll learn about:

• factors that influence food choices
• the state of eating patterns and health
• nutrition, lifestyle choices, and health
• reliable sources of nutrition information
• dietary recommendations and their development
• using recommendations to design a healthy eating pattern
• evaluating nutrition information from different sources
• classes and dietary sources of nutrients and their functions in the body
• the digestive system and common digestive disorders
• criteria for evaluating diets
• nutrition and physical activity
• protecting our food supply
• global nutrition and food security
• nutrition across the lifespan

Who might be interested in taking this course?

• Anyone who eats food and wants to learn more about nutrition and health.
• Someone with or without a background in nutrition – no prerequisites
• Someone who wants to use the course toward the nutrition degree program as an elective for a wide variety of other majors at CSU or other universities for programs in food science, nutrition science, health and exercise science, hospitality, food service management, public policy, food safety, culinary science, sustainable nutrition, health and wellness coaching, education, and communication, public health, nursing, and more.
• Someone who wants to take an online course

Traditional students who need an online course

• busy professionals who need to complete a course on a flexible, accommodating schedule
• students entering the graduate certificate program in nutrition science who need a prerequisite or refresher course
• students in a nutrition program elsewhere who need this introductory course
• Individuals applying to nursing school

Flexible and engaging learning experience

You'll be reading textbooks as well as research and articles from peer-reviewed sources and websites. You'll complete assessments, including tests, quizzes, and complete discussions and projects, just like you would for face-to-face courses. Class sizes are small, diverse groups of learners from different backgrounds. You will have regular interaction with your instructors, who are seasoned experts in the field with years of experience. They will lead discussions and provide guidance for learning and completion of assignments. You have weekly reading assignments with regular opportunities to check your understanding through interactive course materials. You will also have the opportunity to complete a real-life assessment of your own diet and to learn more about how well you are meeting daily intake recommendations and enabling you to apply what you've learned in the course to your diet and health.

How Does Online Learning Work?

Section 801

Required

• Wardlaw’s Contemporary Nutrition, 12th Ed. (2022)
  Anne M. Smith
  ISBN: 9781260790061
  All students in this class are automatically registered for the Day One Access through the course in Canvas to get you the online eBook. The materials are REQUIRED, so if you opt out, you must purchase the access on your own.

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.