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INSTRUCTOR<br />
Dr. Lakshmi Chilukuri<br />
Division of Biology, UCSD<br />
La Jolla, CA 92093-0355<br />
Office: 4070C York Hall<br />
Telephone: 822-2032<br />
E-mail: lchiluku@biomail.ucsd.edu.<br />
<strong>SYLLABUS</strong><br />
BIBC 120 – NUTRITION<br />
Fall 2009<br />
OFFICE HOURS<br />
• Wednesdays: 11:00 – 12:00: regular office hours; may have more than one<br />
student in the office at the same time.<br />
• Mondays: 1:00 – 2:00: for students with brief questions and/or those who<br />
wish to meet with me individually<br />
In addition, I will usually wait after lectures to answer questions.<br />
COURSE WEB SITE<br />
All course materials will be on WebCT, including syllabus, reading assignments, practice<br />
exams, and midterm keys. The site is available to everyone who is registered for the<br />
class. The address is:<br />
webct.ucsd.edu<br />
Please make sure that you are able to access this web site and check it often for updates.<br />
I strongly encourage you to post questions on the discussion tool of WebCT rather than<br />
by email as most doubts are common to more than one student. Posting the questions on<br />
WebCT allows me to answer the same question just once rather than several times. I also<br />
encourage you to check WebCT to see if your question has already been posted and to<br />
scan the questions posted by other students. This might be both interesting and profitable<br />
for you.<br />
If the questions are personal or for other reasons you do not wish to post them on<br />
WebCT, you can contact me by e-mail at the address listed above. I will try to answer email<br />
quickly, within 24 hours if possible. If the questions are too complex to address by<br />
e-mail or on the discussion site on WebCT, I will ask you to come to my office hours to<br />
discuss them.<br />
PODCAST<br />
The lectures will be podcast. The podcast will be posted at http://podcast.ucsd.edu shortly<br />
after the lecture ends.
The podcast is meant to be used as a supplement to lectures and cannot and does not<br />
replace being present in class. I have yet to see a high performing student in class<br />
who has relied on podcast alone, or even on lectures alone. The best performance<br />
consistently comes from those who attend lecture and read the assigned chapters<br />
and may or may not listen to the podcast as necessary.<br />
TEXTBOOKS<br />
• Highly Recommended that you read this regularly:<br />
Wardlaw’s Perspectives in Nutrition, Eighth Edition, Byrd-Bredbenner,<br />
Moe, Beshgetoor, & Berning, McGraw Hill Publishers 2009.<br />
• Access to a metabolic biochemistry textbook such as Voet and Voet, Stryer, etc,<br />
would be useful<br />
LECTURES<br />
Tuesdays, Thursdays 9:30 am – 10:50 am, PETER 108<br />
EXAMS:<br />
Midterm: Tues Oct 27th, in class<br />
Assignment: Tuesday Nov 17 th<br />
Final: Thursday Dec 10 th , 8 am – 11 am.<br />
Midterm ~37% of total points = 110 points<br />
Assignment ~13% of total points = 40 points<br />
Final 50% of total points = 150 points<br />
Total points possible = 300 points<br />
The midterm and final exams will have multiple choice type questions and short answer<br />
type questions.<br />
Grade:<br />
Your final grade will be determined in the following way: the score of the top 5<br />
students in the class will be averaged and that number will be called 100%. Grades<br />
will then be assigned according to the following scale:<br />
100% - 90%; “A” range<br />
89.9% - 80%: “B” range<br />
79.9% - 65%: “C” range<br />
64.9% - 50%: “D” range<br />
less than 50%: “F”<br />
Policy on Cheating:<br />
ANY cheating will be taken seriously. Students caught cheating will be reported<br />
immediately to the student dean of their respective college. The student will receive<br />
“zero” points for the exam in which he/she cheated and may fail the class.
Regrade policy:<br />
Regrades will only be accepted if the exam answers have been written in pen. Regrade<br />
requests must be submitted in writing along with an explanation and justification as to<br />
why the answer(s) was (were) not graded correctly. When an exam is submitted for a<br />
regrade, the entire exam will be reexamined. This means that you may either lose or gain<br />
points upon regrading. Regrades must be submitted in class no later than one week after<br />
the day the exam is handed back in class. There will be NO exceptions to these rules. A<br />
random number of corrected exams will be Xeroxed before returning them to<br />
students to discourage regrade cheating attempts.<br />
Exam Return Policy:<br />
Students wishing to pick up the midterms/assignments from HSS will be required to sign<br />
a waiver permitting me to leave the material there unattended. The midterm can be<br />
picked up from the exam shelves in 1145 H&SS. Please check WebCT for an<br />
announcement in case there are any changes. The dates and times for office pick up of<br />
midterms will be announced in class. Finals will not be returned to the students but will<br />
be available for examination after they have been graded.<br />
Make up Exam Policy:<br />
Make up exams will only be administered for students with genuine, documented reasons<br />
for missing the scheduled exam. No make up exams will be given to those without<br />
documentation, to accommodate other midterms or exams, or to accommodate personal<br />
scheduling problems including travel plans. Absolutely NO exams will be given prior to<br />
the scheduled exam date. All make up exams will be oral exams.<br />
Assignment Turn in Policy:<br />
Assignments are due in the first 10 minutes of lecture on the date they are due. All<br />
assignments turned in after 10 minutes from the start of the lecture will be considered 1<br />
day late. The penalty for late turn in of assignments is 10 points for every day that it is<br />
late. Please DO NOT email your assignments to me. Emailed assignments will not be<br />
accepted. If you know you are not going to be at the lecture, send the assignment with a<br />
classmate or slide it under my office door the day BEFORE it is due.<br />
Incomplete Policy:<br />
Incompletes will only be allowed if you miss the Final exam due to an unavoidable,<br />
documented emergency. The documentation must include the day of the scheduled final.<br />
You cannot file for an incomplete before Finals week. No exceptions.<br />
Classroom behavior:<br />
As a courtesy to your fellow students I strongly encourage you to follow the guidelines<br />
listed below.<br />
1. Come to the lectures. The material posted on the website will give you only the<br />
basic information on what the lecture covers. I will always present material in<br />
greater depth in the lecture itself.
2. Come to class on time. The first 5 minutes of lecture are usually spent going over<br />
general information required by the students. This includes topics such as<br />
registration issues, midterm, assignments, reading assignments, etc. Given the<br />
limited amount of time for the lectures, I do not repeat this information for those<br />
who come in late.<br />
3. If you do come in late, enter quietly so as to avoid disturbing your classmates and<br />
disrupting the lecture.<br />
4. Please turn off your cell phones or place them on vibrate.<br />
5. Please refrain from chatting with your friends during the lecture as it is distracting<br />
to me and to other students, and it is a waste of your class time. If your<br />
conversation is detracting from the lecture, I will ask you to leave the room<br />
Lecture, Exam, and Reading Schedule<br />
BIBC 120 – NUTRITION<br />
Fall 2009<br />
Note: In addition to the main topic, each chapter in the book has case scenarios, critical<br />
thinking, Take Action, Expert Perspective from the Field, and Medical Perspective<br />
sections. The case scenarios and critical thinking are study and analytical aids and are<br />
used at your discretion. The Take Action, Expert Perspective from the Field, and Medical<br />
Perspective provide additional information on topics of interest. You may choose to read<br />
them to expand your knowledge of the subject. Unless listed under reading (as for<br />
chapters 5 and 6), these topics will not be separately addressed in class<br />
Lecture, assignment, and exam dates<br />
Day/Date Lecture #<br />
Thursday Sept 24 th Lecture 1<br />
Tuesday Sept 29 th Lecture 2<br />
Thursday Oct 1 st Lecture 3<br />
Tuesday Oct 6 th Lecture 4<br />
Thursday Oct 8 th Lecture 5<br />
Tuesday Oct 13 th Lecture 6<br />
Thursday Oct 15 th Lecture 7<br />
Tuesday Oct 20 th Lecture 8<br />
Thursday Oct 22 nd Lecture 9<br />
Tuesday Oct 27 th Midterm. Covers all material up to and including<br />
lecture 9<br />
Thursday Oct 29 th Lecture 10<br />
Tuesday Nov 3 rd Lecture 11<br />
Thursday Nov 5 th Lecture 12<br />
Tuesday Nov 10 th Lecture 13<br />
Thursday Nov 12 th Lecture 14<br />
Tuesday Nov 17 th Lecture 15
Assignment due in the first 10 minutes of lecture<br />
Thursday Nov 19 th Lecture 16<br />
Tuesday Nov 24 th Lecture 17<br />
Tuesday Dec 1 st Lecture 18<br />
Thursday Dec 3 rd Lecture 19<br />
Thursday December 10 th<br />
Final 8:00 am – 11:00 am,<br />
location to be announced,<br />
usually in the regular<br />
classroom.<br />
FINAL EXAM<br />
Final is cumulative with greater emphasis on<br />
topics not covered on midterm<br />
Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments<br />
The following is a listing of the topics in the order in which they will be covered and the<br />
textbook chapters assigned for these topics.<br />
Topic Reading<br />
Introduction<br />
Dietary Guidelines<br />
Chapter 2<br />
Digestive system, Digestion Chapter 4<br />
Absorption, Digestive disorders – these<br />
may be scattered through the next few<br />
lectures<br />
Chapter 4<br />
Carbohydrates Chapter 5<br />
Diabetes Chapter 5 Medical Perspective<br />
Lipids Chapter 6<br />
Cardiovascular disease Chapter 6: Medical Perspective<br />
Proteins Chapter 7<br />
Alcohol Chapter 8<br />
Energy balance and weight loss (Chapter 9)* Chapter 10<br />
Obesity Chapter 10<br />
Exercise Chapter 11<br />
Fat-soluble vitamins Chapter 12<br />
Osteoporosis (Chapter 12.3, Chapter 14.6 Medical<br />
Perspective)*<br />
Water soluble vitamins Chapter 13<br />
*Indicates that material from these chapters will be used in this lecture along with<br />
whatever other information I feel is pertinent.
Discussion section information<br />
Day Time Location TA Email<br />
Mon 4:00 - 4:50 pm Center 207 Sally Baho sbaho@ucsd.edu<br />
Mon 5:00 - 5:50 pm Center 207 Kristine Park kejpark@ucsd.edu<br />
Mon 6:00 - 6:50 pm Center 207 Kristine Park kejpark@ucsd.edu<br />
Tues 8:00 - 8:50 am Center 218 Simon Lai silai@ucsd.edu<br />
Tues 1:00 - 1:50 pm York 3000A Jessica Chang jjc009@ucsd.edu<br />
Wed 3:00 - 3:50 pm Center 207 Tenai Eguen teguen@ucsd.edu<br />
Wed 4:00 - 4:50 pm Center 207 Tenai Eguen teguen@ucsd.edu<br />
Wed 6:00 - 6:50 pm HSS 2321 Keilina Lu qhlu@ucsd.edu<br />
Thurs 1:00 - 1:50 pm Center 220 Steve Loh sloh@ucsd.edu<br />
Thurs 5:00 - 5:50 pm CSB 005 Joel Tourtellotte jtourtel@ucsd.edu<br />
Thurs 6:00 - 6:50 pm CSB 005 Joel Tourtellotte jtourtel@ucsd.edu<br />
Fri<br />
12:00 - 12:50<br />
pm Center 205 Jonathan Lin jhl007@ucsd.edu<br />
Fri 2:00 - 2:50 pm Center 218 Ashley Lakoduk alakoduk@ucsd.edu<br />
Fri 3:00 - 3:50 pm Center 218 Ashley Lakoduk alakoduk@ucsd.edu
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