Seminar in Nutrition

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Deliver an effective scientific presentation to an audience of nutrition researchers using the proper audiovisual equipment, information density, pace, projection and clarity of voice, professional presentation, stage presence, and mannerisms.
• Analyze and evaluate published research studies and presentations for their scientific merit and practical applications based on the models and methodologies used and the results obtained.
• Write an abstract that clearly and concisely summarizes a presentation and/or one or more published research articles.
• Clearly ask and/or answer thought-provoking questions related to a specific research article, presentation.

Course Grading Information:

609A/709A

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Summary before/after invited guest presentation	10 points total/guest
Completed evaluation forms	5 point/speaker

609B/709B

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Non-thesis seminar Essay	100 points
Non-thesis seminar Presentation	100 points
Thesis/Dissertation seminar Presentation	200 points

Grading for 609B/709B is by letter grade:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93% or higher	A
90 to < 93%	A-
87 to <90%	B+
83% to <87%	B
80% to <83%	B-
77% to <80%	C+
70% to <77%	C
<70%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance at each seminar is mandatory, including discussions with guest speakers. Arriving late or leaving early to either a seminar or guest speaker session will result in an absence.

Students who are unable to attend seminar must request an excused absence from the instructor before seminar.

The final grade will be docked 10% per unexcused absence.

The grade for an assignment will be lowered by 50% each day the assignment is late (i.e., 0 points will be given if the assignment is 2 days late).

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.