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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313232 (v.1) Nutrition Education 383

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 3 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 2830 (v.4) Nutritional Biochemistry 282 or any previous version
AND
8338 (v.9) Nutrition 284 or any previous version
Syllabus: Food and nutrient consumption trends in Australia. The nature of society and factors affecting subgroups with respect to food and eating. Rationale and use of food selection guides and dietary guidelines. Nutrient requirements of different stages of the life cycle and the nutrient problems of at risk groups. Food habits of common cultural and Aboriginal groups in Australia. International trends in food habits. Philosophy of nutrition education. Theories of learning and behaviour change. Designing nutrition education.
Field of Education: 069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External