GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NUTRITION AND BEHAVIOR/BDB-4080
Course Title: NUTRITION AND BEHAVIOR
Credits 2 ECTS 9
Course Semester 2 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To be able to learn and develop recommendations about relationships between nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior
To be able to learn and develop recommendations relationships between nutrients and behavior
To be able to learn behavioral change models
To be able to learn and develop recommendations about theories and scales in behavioral change
To be able to learn and develop recommendations about topics related to eating behaviors for different age groups

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Relationships between nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior
2. Week  Factors which effect to the behavior
3. Week  Effects of nutrients on behavior and learning
4. Week  Behavioral change models
5. Week  Behavioral theories (Theory of planned behavior, Adzen etc.)
6. Week  Behavior modification (stimulus control, reinforcement, nutrition education, cognitive changes,etc.)
7. Week  Eating behavior in pregnancy-lactation period
8. Week  Eating behavior of children
9. Week  Eating behavior of young and elderly adults
10. Week  Eating behavior in case of illness
11. Week  Motivational interviewing and changes in eating behavior
12. Week  An overview to the behavior and attitude scales
13. Week  Planning and implementation of a research
14. Week  Evaluation and presentation of the research
15. Week  Evaluation and presentation of the research
16. Week  Final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
50
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
15
2
30
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
2
20
40
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
20
40
 Material Design and Implementation
6
9
54
 Report Preparing
1
10
10
 Preparing a Presentation
1
20
20
 Presentation
2
6
12
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
226
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
9.04
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
9
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Sıdıka Bulfuk)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sbulduk)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sbulduk@gazi.edu.tr)