UGA Bulletin

Course Description

Human needs for vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes with emphasis on biochemistry, physiology, epidemiology, food sources, and their role in performance under varying conditions of age and health.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will write a detailed report that demonstrates their creative independence with a level of complexity and specialization beyond the expectations for the undergraduate students. This report will systematically analyze and explore an advanced topic related to the course content (minimum of 10 pages and 5 scholarly references). Exams will require graduate students to answer additional essay questions in more detail than the undergraduate students and to demonstrate an advanced understanding of the course content by analyzing and synthesizing information.

Athena Title

Micronutrient Nutrition

Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in NUTR 4100E or NUTR 6100E, NUTR 6680E

Prerequisite

(BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or BCMB 3100H or BCMB 4010/6010) and (CBIO 2200-2200L or CBIO 2210-2210L or VPHY 3100 or VPHY 3100E or CBIO 3000-3000L)

Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will understand how to identify micronutrient chemical structures, sources, and requirements across age groups.
Upon completion of this course, students will understand how to explain the mechanisms involved in micronutrient digestion, absorption and transport in the body as well as cellular uptake and metabolism, and how these mechanisms relate to nutrient function.
Upon completion of this course, students will understand how to recognize how interactions among micronutrients and selected drugs will affect nutrient function.
Upon completion of this course, students will understand how to interpret appropriate methodologies used in making micronutrient status assessments.
Upon completion of this course, students will understand how physiological changes during the lifecycle and chronic disease affect micronutrient imbalances.

Topical Outline

Electrolyte physiology and metabolism
Vitamin physiology, biochemistry, and metabolism
Macromineral physiology and roles in human metabolism and disease
Trace element physiology and roles in human metabolism and disease

Syllabus

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