BIOL 165 - Human Biology and Nutrition

FDR: SL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty resources permit.

Students in this laboratory based course for non-majors investigate the importance of nutrition in the context of normal human biology and as it relates to poor nutritional choices on the proliferation of a suite of human diseases. Topics covered include diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, and hyperlipidemia. In addition to other forms of assessment, students develop modules for kindergarten-to-fifth-grade science units based on content from the lecture and laboratory components of the course. Hamilton.