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 COURSE SYLLABUS

 

                                                                                                                              

 

1.         TITLE OF COURSE               Applied Nutrition in Dentistry

 

            PREFIX / NUMBER               DEH 202                     CREDITS:  2

 

2.         PREREQUISITES                   CHE 102 or 109

 

3.            RESOURCES NEEDED:

TEXT:                                     
Stegeman and Davis, The Dental Hygienist’s Guide to Nutritional Care, 3 rd Ed., Elsevier/Saunders, 2011. 

SUPPLIES:                              None

 

4.         COURSE

            DESCRIPTION:                      Gives students a fundamental understanding of  
                                                 general nutrition with an emphasis on the interrelationship
                                                 between nutrition and dental health. Focuses on 
                                                 recognizing nutritional deficiencies and how to conduct and           
                                                 evaluate nutritional surveys on patients.

 

5.         COURSE GOALS:                  Gives students a fundamental understanding of general
                                                nutrition with an emphasis on the interrelationship between  
                                                nutrition and dental health.  Focuses on recognizing
                                                nutritional deficiencies and how to conduct and evaluate
                                                nutritional surveys on patients.

 

6.         COURSE OBJECTIVES:        A detailed list of course objectives will be given at the beginning of

                                                            the first class.

 

                                                           

 

7.         COURSE GRADING CRITERIA:

 

            93– 100  =  A

 

            85 -   92  =   B

 

            77 -   84  =   C

 

            69 -   76  =   D

 

            below 68 =   F

 

            ATTENDANCE POLICY -

Attendance is required in all dental hygiene classes (didactic, laboratory and clinic).  It is the student’s responsibility to arrive on time and be prepared for class.

 

The attendance policy of the Dental Hygiene Program will be the same as Pueblo Community Colleges' with the following additions:

 

 

§  Any absence must be reported to the program administrative assistant by 8:00 a.m.

  Absences and tardies are tracked by the administrative assistant.

§  If any absence occurs during a scheduled test or examination, the student will receive an

   automatic zero (0).

§  Extended absences for emergency circumstances will be dealt with on an individual

   basis.

§  More than two absences will result in the lowering of a full letter grade.

§  Three or more tardies are equal to one absence.

§  If 20 percent or more of a lecture or laboratory class is missed, the student will

   receive a failing grade.

§  Missed Clinics Cannot Be Made Up

 

 

Academic Integrity:

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity.  Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook.  Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following:  cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation.  It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty.  Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

 

Disability Statement:

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive Accommodations for this class.  Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.