HSN101 - Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Jennifer McCann
Trimester 3: Rachel Laws
Campus contact:

Burwood (Melbourne): Jennifer McCann

Waurn Ponds (Geelong) and Warrnambool: Katie Lacy

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: HSNM101
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

Burwood (Melbourne) and Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students - 1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 3 x 1 hour seminars per trimester
Warrnambool students: 1 x 2 hour online recorded lecture per week and 3 x 1 hour seminars per trimester

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour online recorded lecture per week
3 x 1 hour online seminars per trimester

Content

This unit provides students with foundation knowledge in food, nutrition and health, including food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations for health and methods for measuring food intake and behaviour, historical perspective of why we consume the foods we do today and how our scientific knowledge may influence foods we eat in the future. Students also gain an understanding of interactions between the environment, technologies developed to produce and harvest foods and scientific advances in food and nutrition. The topics include: food history, Australian food culture, food production, food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations and their relationship with health and methods used to measure food intakes and behaviours. Students also have an opportunity to align their interests and values to future career options.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Identify food and nutrition concepts such as food sources of nutrients, food and nutrient recommendations and the impact of food and nutrition on population health.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Identify principles of food production and apply them to issues of global food sustainability.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO3

Identify food and nutrition concepts and apply them to the improvement of population health.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO4

Evaluate and discuss methods for measuring food intakes and behaviours and identify factors that influence food choice.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO5

Apply effective written and visual communication skills to communicate foundation knowledge in food, nutrition and health.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO6

Align interests and values to future career options.

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Career activity and reflection

500 words, plus infographic

20%

  • Week 4

Assessment 2: Written assignment

1400 words

30%

  • Week 7

Assessment 3: Case study

800 words

15%

  • Week 10

Assessment 4: End-of-Unit Assessment

90 minutes

35%

  • End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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