NDFS 333
Nutrition and Genes
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science
College of Life Sciences
Course Description
Use of primary literature to discuss the effect of food on an individual's genome and the effect of genetics on food metabolism and dietary health outcomes.
When Taught
Winter
Grade Rule
Standard Grade Rule: A B C D E I
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Nutrigenomics
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to evaluate the impact of food on gene expression.
Title
Nutrigenetics
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to evaluate physiological, biochemical and metabolic changes associated with genetic diversity.
Title
Scientific writing
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate ability to search, interpret, and summarize original scientific information in an efficiently written scientific paper.
Title
Experimental design
Learning Outcome
Students will demonstrate the ability to design experiments to determine nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic outcomes
