School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Nutrients and Metabolism
  • Unit Code

    NUT5112
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Catherine PROPERZI

Description

This unit examines the macro and micronutrients, their food sources and their effects in the human body throughout the lifecycle. The human body's major systems are examined in relation to optimal nutritional status. Current Australian dietary guidelines and food selection systems are evaluated in terms of food intake across a cultural spectum.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NUT4441

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate competence in the use of food composition databases, related dietary analysis software packages and nutrient ready-reckoner systems and justify their selection for specific analyses and evaluations.
  2. Critically assess the value and roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in human metabolism.
  3. Evaluate the functions of the body's major systems and their roles in optimal nutrition.
  4. Critically review the nutrient requirements at specific stages of the lifecycle and for groups at risk of excess or deficiency.
  5. Evaluate modern diet in terms of the food sources and functions of vitamins, minerals, water and alcohol.
  6. Critically analyse existing Australian food selection guidance systems and dietary guidelines.

Unit Content

  1. Lifecycle nutrition and national nutrient reference values.
  2. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of vitamins and vitamin-like substances.
  3. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of electrolytes, minerals, water and alcohol.
  4. Integration and regulation of metabolism.
  5. Chemical structure, food sources, digestion, absorption and physiological roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
  6. Cells and their nourishment.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Learning is supported by audiovisual materials and an e-Learning platform. During tutorial sessions students work individually and in small groups to analyse and critique journal articles relating to nutritional elements of diet.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseTutorial quizzes25%
TestMid-semester test25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Nutrients and Metabolism
  • Unit Code

    NUT5112
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Catherine PROPERZI

Description

This unit examines the macro and micronutrients, their food sources and their effects in the human body throughout the lifecycle. The human body's major systems are examined in relation to optimal nutritional status. Current Australian dietary guidelines and food selection systems are evaluated in terms of food intake across diverse contexts.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NUT4441

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the value and role of macro and micro nutrients within normal metabolic functioning across the lifecycle.
  2. Apply knowledge of the relationship between food guidance systems, the food supply, nutrient intake, and biochemical functioning, to guide professional practice.
  3. Critique factors affecting nutrient availability, assimilation and requirements throughout the lifecycle to assess risk of excess or deficiency
  4. Formulate food-based recommendations using knowledge of digestion, absorption and interactions between nutrients

Unit Content

  1. Lifecycle nutrition and national nutrient reference values.
  2. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of vitamins and vitamin-like substances.
  3. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of electrolytes, minerals, water and alcohol.
  4. Chemical structure, food sources, digestion, absorption and physiological roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
  5. Cells and their nourishment.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Learning is supported by audiovisual materials and an e-Learning platform. During tutorial sessions students work individually and in small groups to analyse and critique nutritional elements of diet.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestTutorial quizzes15%
AssignmentNutrient Report35%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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