Massasoit Community College
Nutrition 138-07
Meeting: Saturdays, Sept 12-Dec 19, 2015, room S538 8:30-11:20
Instructor: Deborah Matthews, office S537, office hours by appointment, email through Canvas
dmatthew1@massasoit.mass.edu
Prerequisite: ENGL 092 Preparing for College Reading II, ENGL 099 Introductory Writing and
MATH 010 Fundamentals of Mathematics; or waiver by placement testing results; or departmental
approval.
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the science of human nutrition and its role in
health. It includes such topics as types of nutrients, nutrient digestion, absorption and metabolism,
food sources, recommended nutrient intakes, food safety, and food technology. The course may also
address other topics related to health and nutrition. Emphasis is placed on application of these
concepts to promote health and fitness. The course is designed for the non-science major. It fulfills a
four-credit lab science requirement when taken with the corresponding lab, BIOL 139.
Required text: Blake, Nutrition qnd You 3rd Edition, Pearson Publishing 2015
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to be prompt and attend all classes. Work missed is the
student’s responsibility. Meeting once a week gives no opportunity for make-up tests. As a result
there will be 5 exams and the lowest will be dropped. All quizzes are on-line and have opening and
closing dates that allow a full week to be completed.
Purpose: Most of the students who take this class are trying to fulfill their science distribution
credits in either career or transfer programs or meet a nutrition requirement for an allied health
program. There is often a wide range in the academic abilities and scientific background of the
students who take this course. This may be the only college level science course that some students
take so it is important that students leave this course not only with an understanding of the topics
discussed but an understanding of science and the scientific process. The cross-curriculum
competencies should be stressed in this course (writing, critical thinking, technology skills, oral
communications, reading quantitative skills). Students who are in transfer programs must take
four-credit laboratory science courses so students planning for transfer should co-enroll in Biol
139, Introduction to Human Nutrition Laboratory
Grading Policy :
A = 92.5% or higher C+ = 77.%-79.9% D- = 60.0%-62.4%
A- = 90.0%-92.4% C = 72.5%-77.4% F = 0%-59.9%
B+ = 87.5%-89.9% C- = 70.0%-72.4%
B = 82.5%-67.4% D+ = 69.9%-67.5%
B- = 80.0%-82.4% D = 62.5% -67.4%
Disability Services: Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in
the classroom are encouraged to contact a disability counselor as soon as possible. Students at the
Brockton Campus with learning disabilities should contact Andrea Henry, at extension 1805.
Students with physical disabilities at the Brockton Campus should contact Mary Berg, at extension
1425. All students at the Canton Campus should contact Mary Berg at extension 2132.
