Nutrition and Disease (8255.2)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Nutrition And Dietetics | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit is co-taught with unit Nutrition and Disease G.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Explain the relationship between diet and nutrition and specific diseases;
2. Describe how evidence for the relationship between diet, nutrition and disease is obtained and prioritised; and
3. Translate knowledge of the relationship between diet and disease into prevention strategies for specific diseases.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
Prerequisites
9280 Introductory NutritionCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | On-campus | Ms Linda Smillie |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 28 July 2025 | On-campus | Ms Linda Smillie |
Required texts
There are no essential text books for Nutrition & Disease. The text below is recommended if you would like to supplement your learning:
- Whitney, Eleanor et al. Understanding Nutrition. 5th Australian & New Zealand edition. South Melbourne: Cengage Learning Australia, 2022. Print.
Submission of assessment items
Special assessment requirements
To pass the unit, students must attain at least 50 marks overall.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
Students are expected to check the Canvas site regularly for updates and announcements. Students should also regularly check their student email.
Required IT skills
Students are expected to have basic computer literacy skills, access to a computer and the internet. Computers are available onsite http://www.canberra.edu.au/on-campus/facilities/student-commons-student-study-areas/campus-lab-usage
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
- Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (217639)
- Semester 2, 2023, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (214794)
- Semester 2, 2022, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (208207)
- Semester 2, 2021, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (201649)
- Semester 2, 2020, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (196365)
- Semester 2, 2019, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (188367)
- Semester 2, 2018, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (180148)
- Semester 2, 2017, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (164252)
- Semester 2, 2016, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (151974)
- Semester 2, 2015, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (140784)