There will probably be two time period exams, a last examination and one written project for this course. Along with the three written exams, you can be required to hold out a three day food regimen Assessment of you personal food regimen. Particulars of this are offered beneath, however briefly, you can be required to file every thing you eat for 3 days. Your nutrient consumption will then be decided utilizing a pc program “Diet Analysis + eight” which will probably be obtainable on computer systems in Science SN 3000 for all college students.
Should you purchased a brand new copy of the textual content this yr, you may entry an internet model of the software program (entry info is supplied with the textual content). You’ll then be required to put in writing an analysis of your food regimen, discussing its strengths and weaknesses and what you would possibly do to enhance it.. Each the pc Assessment and the analysis have to be turned in. This food regimen Assessment will rely for 10% of your course mark. The Assessment is due on Friday March 9 at school.
Analyses not turned in when due can have their mark diminished by one-half. That’s, they are going to rely for under a most of 5% of the course mark. Assignments not turned in by the final class of the semester will obtain a mark of zero (zero).
Abstract of Analysis: Due DateValue
Time period Examination 1Fri Feb 820%
Time period Examination 2Fri Mar 1520%
Ultimate ExamDuring Ultimate Examination Interval50%
Diet Analysis (10%)Fri, Mar 810%
Whole100%
Coverage on missed exams:
Marks from missed exams, no matter cause, will probably be utilized to the ultimate examination. This is applicable to all college students. All college students have the choice of not writing one or each of the time period exams. Should you miss one time period examination, the ultimate examination will probably be value 70%, should you miss each time period exams the ultimate examination will probably be value 90%.
Supplementary Examination:
A pupil who has clear or conditional standing could write a supplementary examination in Biochemistry/Kinesiology 2600 if the course grade obtained is 45-49 F and if his or her time period mark is a minimum of 50%. College students who want to write a supplementary examination should apply in writing to the Biochemistry Division inside one week of launch of grades.
Diet Analysis
You might be to file all of the meals you eat for 3 consecutive days, considered one of which have to be a weekend day. That’s it’s essential to file what you eat for Thursday, Friday and Saturday or Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Be sure you file portion sizes in addition to what you ate.
You will have to have a labnet account in an effort to print out your Assessment. Should you don’t have one make sure you set it up earlier than beginning your knowledge entry.
Utilizing the food regimen Assessment+ software program you might be to research your consumption for the three days. You may entry this software program within the Biochemistry Division Laptop Lab, SN 3000 OR should you purchased a brand new copy of the textual content this yr, you may entry an internet model of the software program (entry info is supplied with the textual content). You may also buy entry to the net model of the software program. See the textbook info information on the D2L website.
Whenever you use the food regimen Assessment software program, it’s best to retailer your knowledge on the H drive or on a reminiscence stick. If you don’t, should you return to the pc you used, your knowledge won’t be there and you’ll have to begin the info entry course of once more. By saving to the H drive or a reminiscence stick, you may enter your knowledge in items quite that and you’ll simply return to edit any errors. To do that, insert the reminiscence stick within the laptop earlier than beginning this system.
It is necessary that you simply enter your private profile info BEFORE you enter meals. If you don’t you’ll have to re-enter the meals after you create your private profile.
Then it’s essential to consider your food regimen primarily based in your consumption relative to really useful intakes for all vitamins for which you consider your consumption is excessive sufficient or low sufficient relative to the RDA that you might want to do one thing about it. Observe that your intakes could also be greater than really useful, equal to the really useful or lower than the really useful.
Your analysis should embrace your analysis of the adequacy of your food regimen.
After getting evaluated your food regimen, it’s best to recommend what, particularly, you’d do to appropriate any issues along with your food regimen, that’s what meals must be changed and with what.
Observe that your analysis needs to be primarily based in your common consumption for the three days, not primarily based on any sooner or later’s consumption.
Whenever you flip in your project it should embrace:
1. the checklist of meals and quantities eaten for every day from the printout, three lists, one for every day 2. The pc analysis of your food regimen. That’s the printouts that present the proportion of really useful intakes for the three day common consumption, not for every particular person day’s consumption. three. The printout of really useful intakes in your age, intercourse and exercise stage. four. The printout of the pyramid or MY PLATE which can offer you steering for a way you would possibly change your food regimen 5. Your written analysis of your food regimen.
6. Your recommendations for enchancment / adjustments if any is required.
You may print all this info by selecting print three day Assessment within the software program after you will have entered all of your consumption info.
Undergraduate Entry Hoursto SN 3000, Biochemistry Laptop Lab are posted on the door of the lab and will probably be obtainable on the course D2L website as soon as they’ve been decided.