Nutrition Education

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Defend the importance and effectiveness of nutrition education in dietary behavior modification.
• Examine scientific literature to identify determinants of dietary behaviors among diverse audiences and develop a conceptual model to explain the interconnectedness of these determinants.
• Critically evaluate the use of behavioral change theories in the development of nutrition education interventions.
• Develop and implement a theoretically based nutrition education session for a diverse audience.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Literature Review – Needs Assessment (SLO 2)	75 points
Conceptual Model (SLO 2)	25 points
Theoretical Framework/Logic Model (SLO 2,3)	100 points
Workshop presentation (SLO 3)	100 points
Intervention write up and supporting materials (SLO 3)	50 points
Mock public presentation	75 points
Research article critique (3) (SLO 1, 4)	100 points
Attendance and participation	100 points

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92	A-
88-89	B+
83-87	B
80-82	B-
78-79	C+
73-77	C
70-72	C-
68-69	D+
63-67	D
60-62	D-
Below 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Students are required to attend every class and participate in all class discussions. Attendance and participation are graded. It is expected that all students will attend all presentations (mock and interventions). Students missing any presentation will lose a full letter grade on their final course grade.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory and Practice (5th edition), by Isobel R. Contento and Pamela Koch, 2026, Jones and Bartlett Publishing.