HSN746 - Nutritional Issues from Early Childhood to Adolescence

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Susan Torres
Cohort rule:

H511, H517, H616 and H714 students: enrol in online mode only.

H748 students: enrol via Campus mode at Burwood (Melbourne) only.

Other Postgraduate students who wish to enrol in this unit:

If you are enrolled in an on campus course, you can enrol in the on campus unit offering and you will need to request a manual enrolment from a Student Adviser in Student Central.

If you are enrolled in an online course, you need to enrol into the online unit offering.

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

HSN702

Incompatible with: Nil
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:

5 x 2 hour seminars per trimester

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

5 x 2 hour online seminars per trimester

Content

This unit will provide students with an understanding of specific nutrition issues facing children and adolescents within Australia. The content will include social, environmental and medical factors associated with assessing adequate growth, management of failure to thrive and allergies in infants and children as well as overweight, obesity, and eating disorders in adolescents. Students will develop an understanding of the prevalence of these nutritional issues within Australia and effective management strategies.

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

ULO1

Explain topical nutritional issues within the infant, child and adolescent populations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Identify factors that influence food behaviour in infants, children and adolescents experiencing nutritional issues.

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

ULO3

Critically evaluate the aetiology, prevention and treatment of child and adolescent nutritional problems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Communicate complex problems related to nutritional issues in infants, children and adolescents to scientific and non-scientific audiences.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO5

Identify and critique peer reviewed nutrition literature to inform discussion of nutritional issues in infants, children and adolescents.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Assignment

2000 words 45%
  • Week 6

Assessment 2: Assignment

2000 words 45%
  • Week 11

Assessment 3: Multiple choice questions (MCQ) via unit site

3 sets of questions 10%
  • Weeks 4, 8 and 11

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

There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.

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