CCV - Course Blurbs and Essential Objectives

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Current Catalog Year: 2025-2026

Course Blurbs and Essential Objectives

BIO-1030	Introduction to Nutrition	3 Credits

This course introduces students to the physiological basis of nutrition and evaluates dietary requirements. Emphasis is placed on metabolism, digestion, and nutrients used in the human body and the nutrition involved in health, disease, and aging.

	1. Distinguish current peer-reviewed scientific evidence from unsubstantiated statements related to nutrition.
	2. Describe how Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are established and how they compare for individuals based on nutrition, disease, and aging.
	3. Outline current dietary guidelines that promote disease prevention and meet nutritional and caloric needs throughout the lifecycle.
	4. Describe the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids with an emphasis on organs, hormones, and enzymes.
	5. Evaluate and discuss the biological role of vitamins and minerals in maintaining homeostasis.
	6. Analyze how carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are broken down to harvest energy and describe the conditions by which each of these molecules is metabolized.
	7. Record and evaluate diets for nutritional and caloric adequacy and safety.
	8. Demonstrate proficiency in understanding, interpreting, evaluating, and applying quantitative data and information.
	9. Explain how knowledge created in the natural sciences has contributed to the creation, maintenance and dismantling of social inequalities and discuss the impacts of diversity and inclusion on scientific research and practice.
	10. Investigate the role of sociocultural, environmental, and political determinants on food accessibility and nutritional equity in diverse and economically disadvantaged populations.

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