Science of Food: Summer Online (11:400:103)
Class Schedule
Credit: 3
Prerequisite:
Time & Place: Online
Office Hours: None - questions/answers via email, phone or Zoom.
For appointments: use Microsoft booking
Instructor:
Chitra Ponnusamy, Ph. D.
chitra.ponnusamy@rutgers.edu
65 Dudley RD, Room 203
(848) 932-5452
(732) 932-6776
DO NOT SEND MESSAGES TO ME VIA CANVAS.
Note: For all e-mails, please include your full name, RUID and your phone number. My number will be blocked, so pick up.
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY & INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:
- All of the materials that you will need for this course will be posted in the Canvas website.
- Textbook: There is NO mandatory textbook required for this course.
- Recommended books: optional for you to purchase
- DK. (2017). How Food Works: the Facts Visually Explained. London Available in Amazon, $ 15.77 for new book
- Gates, S., Johnson, L., & Glavin, K. (2019). Science you can eat: putting what we eat under the microscope. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. Available in Amazon, Kindle $1.99
- High speed internet, laptop with webcam and microphone.
Course Description
Overview of major food components (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals); process of digestion; major food-related diseases in the United States; the bases for food preservation, including processing, food legislation, and current food issues, such as the use of food additives, irradiation, and genetic engineering. Intended for all students; no previous science required.
Learning Goals
FS Program Learning goal #5: Graduates will effectively communicate Food Science issues.
Course Learning Goals
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able:
- o provide a basic understanding of the biology, chemistry, and engineering sciences that contribute to the food we eat.
- to provide enough scientific knowledge for the student to make intelligent decisions about current and future food-related controversies.
- to motivate interest in food science as a subject and potential career.
- to provide lessons for life and tools for life-long learning.
SAS Core Curriculum Learning Goals
I: Natural Sciences e. Understand and apply basic principles and concepts in the physical or biological sciences.
ASSIGNMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES, GRADING & ASSESSMENT:
What do you need to do to complete this course?
Student expectations from this course:
Follow the Class Schedule posted
- weekly readings assessed via Quiz
- Submission of answers to Review Questions
- Class Participation via Discussions
- Three (3) Exams via Respondus Lock down Browser with monitor
- Daily reading assessed via daily quiz; this shows me you are actively participating in the course and keeping with the flow of the course.
QUIZ-1 NO LATE SUBMISSION - Every lecture has an associated quiz, that will be posted ONLY on the day of the lecture.
- All students must complete weekly quizzes by end of the week (see submission due date in course schedule posted below). Late submissions will open up after deadline for 50% of the points till the end of the semester.
- Quiz questions include MCQs and short essay questions; some quizzes may be timed.
- You can refer to the recommended books for the course, PPT slides posted for the course and/or the internet.
- Submission of answers to Review Questions
- Periodic submissions of essay answers (Refer to class schedule; instructions will be posted in Canvas)
- Late submissions will be graded for 50% of the points.
- Class participation via Discussions
- There will be a total of 5 threaded discussion questions for you to respond to throughout the semester.
- You are expected to answer the question(s) fully and thoughtfully in complete sentences, proper English, NO texting language. ZERO points will be given if any of this is done.
- Sources must be cited for all information posted.
- Three (3) Exams via Respondus Lock down Browser with monitor
- Exam-3 will NOT be extended beyond the deadline.
Exams will be open for 24-48 hours for you to complete. Late submissions for EXAMS 1 and 2 will be open till end of semester for 50% of the points.
For any requests for late submissions or make-ups:
You MUST request the Dean of Students to write to me.
By submitting all the above for grading, you are stating that it is your work alone. Academic integrity infractions are taken very seriously at the University.
If I believe you have cheated I will follow the academic integrity disciplinary process.
GRADING FOR THE COURSE
Final Grades will be assigned on a straight scale:
GRADING
NSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE CLASS
It is your responsibility to make sure of internet access.
EVERYDAY READING & ONLINE PARTICIPATION is MANDATORY
FOLLOW THE SYLLABUS
My only communication mode to all students will be via ANNOUNCEMENTS in Canvas.
Keep a SCHEDULED TIME every day for the course; just like you would do for a face-to-face class. You procrastinate; you lose points
If you lack discipline, you may FAIL the course.
Do not hesitate to contact me via the email above as if necessary.
COURSE SCHEDULE
EXAM -1; due Sat, June 11 by 11:59 pm for full points Open from June 12 until July 9 for half points
EXAM- 2; open until Sat, June 25 till 11:59 pm for full points Open from June 26 until July 9 for half points
EXAM- 3: Final Exam/Paper data and Time: Online Final Exam Schedule.
ACCOMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Please follow the procedures outlined at Rutgers Office Of Disability services Registration form. Full policies and procedures are found in the Rutgers Office Of Disability services website.
The Rutgers Office Of Disability services is located at Lucy Stone Hall, Suite A145, Livingston Campus, 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854. The contact phone number is (848) 445-6800.
Rutgers University welcomes students with disabilities into all of the University's educational programs. In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, a student with a disability must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation at Rutgers Office Of Disability services documentation Guidelines website. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campus’s disability services office will provide you with a Letter of Accommodations. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. To begin this process, please complete the Registration form on the ODS web site at: Rutgers Office Of Disability services Registration form.
Absence Policy
The University does recognize that temporary conditions and injuries can be problematic and may adversely affect a student’s ability to fully participate in class.
Absences or making up work go to Temporary Conditions website for detail.
The Dean of Students Office at Rutgers University-New Brunswick provides solutions, services, and support to help students navigate Rutgers University. By focusing on students’ educational, social, and personal development, staff in the Office promote academic success and student retention. The Office serves as a student support network by providing advocacy, problem resolution, and critical incident intervention for those times when additional assistance is needed.
- Self-Reporting Absences: For absences in class or labs less than a week that are not confidential in nature, students need to inform faculty directly by using the Absence Reporting System (ARS).
- Longer Periods of Absence: If you anticipate missing more than one week of classes for serious illness, confidential, or sensitive personal reasons, you should also consult with a New Brunswick Dean of Students who will help to verify your extended absences from classes.
- Absences due to illnesses: If your absence is due to illness, visit New Brunswick Health Services for information about campus health services, including information about: how to make an appointment, self-care advice for colds/flu, mental health and counseling options.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The university's policy on Academic Integrity requires that a student:
- properly acknowledge and cite all use of the ideas, results, or words of others.
- properly acknowledge all contributors to a given piece of work.
- make sure that all work submitted as his or her own in a course or other academic activity is produced without the aid of impermissible materials or impermissible collaboration.
- obtain all data or results by ethical means and report them accurately without suppressing any results inconsistent with his or her interpretation or conclusions.
- treat all other students in an ethical manner, respecting their integrity and right to pursue their educational goals without interference. This requires that a student neither facilitate academic dishonesty by others nor obstruct their academic progress.
- uphold the canons of the ethical or professional code of the profession for which he or she is preparing.
Adherence to these principles is necessary in order to ensure that
- everyone is given proper credit for his or her ideas, words, results, and other scholarly accomplishments.
- all student work is fairly evaluated, and no student has an inappropriate advantage over others.
- the academic and ethical development of all students is fostered.
- the reputation of the University for integrity in its teaching, research, and scholarship is maintained and enhanced.
Failure to uphold these principles of academic integrity threatens both the reputation of the University and the value of the degrees awarded to its students. Every member of the University community therefore bears a responsibility for ensuring that the highest standards of academic integrity are upheld.
Cheating and Plagiarism
(From Spring 2010 Andy Egan 01:730:252 Eating Right): "Cheating on tests or plagiarizing materials in your papers deprives you of the educational benefits of preparing these materials appropriately. It is personally dishonest to cheat on a test or to hand in a paper based on unacknowledged words or ideas that someone else originated. It is also unfair, since it gives you an undeserved advantage over your fellow students who are graded on the basis of their own work. In this class we will take cheating very seriously".
Turnitin will be used to assess students‚ submissions and all suspected cases of cheating and plagiarism will be automatically referred to the Rutgers Academic Integrity office.
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Disability Services
The Office of Disability Services phone number is (848) 445-6800, and it is located at Lucy Stone Hall, Suite A145 Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Piscataway, NJ 08854
Rutgers University welcomes students with disabilities into all of the University's educational programs. In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, a student with a disability must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation at Office of Disability Services Documentation Quidelines website. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campus's disability services office will provide you with a Letter of Accommodations. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. To begin this process, please complete the Registration Form.
Scarlet Listeners
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