Unit Synopsis
This unit will introduce students to the role of food, nutrients and dietary constituents in human health and disease. Your learning will encompass the range of ecological, physiological, and behavioural factors that influence food composition and human food intakes and behaviours. You will learn about the food and nutrition requirements of different individuals and population groups. You will develop an understanding of scientific evidence that underpins dietary requirements and recommendations and skills to identify dietary misinformation.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Online Quiz(zes) | 40% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 30% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 15.19% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Unit coordinator self reflection and SUTE students comments.
The alignments of Assessment tasks and Learning Outcomes need to be reviewed.
Assessment Tasks of this unit are recommended to be reviewed to ensure alignment with Learning Outcomes.
Assessment tasks were reviewed and modifications were made to ensure clear alignment to Learning Outcomes during live tutorial sessions.
Source: SUTE student comments.
Students enjoyed the weekly learning booklets, short lectures and real-life examples.
Continue to provide weekly booklets with short lectures and provide additional real-life examples.
Weekly learning booklets were provided to students with the addition of extra short lecture recordings using real world examples.
Source: SUTE student comments
Additional direction needed for written assessment tasks.
Consider adopting alternative assessment formats that scaffold students through the required processes, align with key learning outcomes, and demonstrate the relevance of the tasks.
In Progress
Source: Informal verbal student feedback
Students enjoyed the weekly learning booklets, short lectures and real-life examples.
Continue the use of weekly booklets accompanied by short lecture recordings, as these provide structure and support student learning. It is further recommended that additional real-life examples be incorporated to strengthen the application of theoretical concepts and enhance perceived relevance of the content.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Discuss food composition, nutrients, and dietary requirements and recommendations
- Describe the ecological factors influencing food composition and nutrient intakes and behaviours
- Describe the physiological factors influencing food and nutrient intakes and behaviours
- Relate food and nutrient intakes to common nutrition-related diseases in Australia.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |