University of California at Berkeley |
Fall 2003 |
Lecture:
Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:30-11:00 am
Instructor and Office Hours
Nancy R. Hudson, MS, RD
131 Morgan Hall
510-642-4090
E-mail: hudson@nature.berkeley.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-3:00 pm and Thursdays 11:00-Noon, or by appointment
Course Objective:
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
Required Text:
Boyle, Marie A. and Diane H. Morris Community Nutrition in Action, and Entrepreneurial Approach. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company. 2003.
NS 166 Listserve
A listserve has been established for this course. It can be used for communication between students and with the instructor. Some class materials and assignments will be distributed over the listserve. You are required to sign up for this listserve and to check it regularly during the semester.
To enroll in the listserve you must be logged onto a computer using your own personal e-mail account. Send an e-mail to: < ns166-request@nature.berkeley.edu. The message should contain the single word "subscribe".
Grades:
The following are maximum points possible:
| Community Assessment Data (group) = 50 points Analysis (individual) = 25 points Intervention Plan (individual)=25 points | 100 pts |
| Class Participation | 10 pts |
| Panel Discussion | 30 pts |
| Midterm #1 | 20 pts |
| Midterm #2 | 20 pts |
| Final Exam | 20 pts |
| Total | 200 pts |
Grades will be calculated from the highest grade possible. Grades assigned will be as follows:
| A+ | 97 - 100% | C | 73 - 76.9% | |
| A | 93 - 96.9% | C- | 70 - 72.9% | |
| A- | 90 - 92.9% | D+ | 67 - 69.9% | |
| B+ | 87 - 89.9% | D | 63 - 66.9% | |
| B | 83 - 86.9% | D- | 60 - 62.9% | |
| B- | 80 - 82.9% | F | Below 60% | |
| C+ | 77 - 79.9% |
Lecture Schedule
| DATE | TOPIC | READING | |
| Aug 26 | Introduction to Course | n/a | |
| Aug 29 | Opportunities in Community Nutrition | Chpt 1 | |
| Sept 2 | Healthy People 2010 | Chpt 1 | |
| Sept 4 | Nutrition and Cultural Diversity | Chpt 2 | |
| Sept 9 | Community Assessment Discussion of community Assessment Papers |
Chap 12 | |
| Sept 11 | Principles of Epidemiology | Chpt 7 | |
| Sept 16 | Target Population | Chpt 13 | |
| Sept 18 | Program Planning | Chpt 14 | |
| Sept 23 | Midterm #1 | ||
| Sept 25 | Discussion of Community Assessment | n/a | |
| Sept 30 | Social Marketing Guest Speaker: TBA |
Chap 17 | |
| Oct 2 | National Health and Nutrition Policy | Chpt 3 | |
| Oct 7 | State Health Policy Guest Speaker: TBA |
Assigned Readings | |
| Oct 9 | Local Health Policy Guest Speaker: TBA |
Assigned Reading | |
| Oct 14 | Policy Making Guest Speaker: TBA |
Chpt 5 | |
| Oct 16 | Designing Interventions | Chpt 15 | |
| Oct 21 | The Health Care System in the US | Chpt 6 | |
| Oct 23 | Managing Programs | Chpt 18 | |
| Oct 28 | No Class Community Assessment due |
n/a | |
| Oct 30 | Discussion of Intervention Plans Intervention Plans Due |
n/a | |
| Nov 4 | Midterm #2 | ||
| Nov 6 | Hunger In America* | Chpt 4 | |
| Nov 11 | Food Stamps/Food Commodities* | Chpt 4 | |
| Nov 13 | MCH/Title V/WIC* | Chap 8 | |
| Nov 18 | Head Start/Summer Food Service for Children* | Chap 9 | |
| Nov 20 | School Nutrition* | Chpt 9 | |
| Nov 25 | Senior Nutrition Programs* | Chpt 10 | |
| Nov 27 | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY | n/a | |
| Dec 2 | International Nutrition Guest Speaker: TBA |
Chpt 11 | |
| Dec 4 | Grant Writing Guest Speaker: TBA |
Chpt 19 | |
| Dec 12 | Final Exam |
*Students will participate in panel discussions on these days.