| CRN: 25213 |
| 6 Weeks - Distance Education course |
| There are no on-campus requirements for this course. There is an online orientation that each student must complete and email to the instructor at the start of the course. |
Welcome! You are either enrolled in, or you are interested in enrolling in, the Kinesiology 173 - Nutrition for Fitness Distance Education class. As described in the class schedule, this course is designed to provide knowledge about the basic principles of nutrition and to study the role nutrition plays in health promotion. The coursework for this course includes quizzes, exams, group work, and discussion assignments in addition to a personal research paper on one's own dietary habits.
Email Accounts
You will need to use your Official Citrus College issued email account. Your email is established when you are registered for classes. You must have access to your email account prior to starting the class.
This course and all assignments will be completed on MYNUTRITIONLAB.COM. Students who are properly enrolled will be given details for accessing the course website. This class will NOT be using Blackboard, except to provide registration instructions for the online website and the syllabus. Details regarding the course are set forth in the class website. When you go there (see below), pay particular attention to the syllabus section. All assignments will be listed on mynutritionlab.com once students have properly enrolled.
Textbook The textbook for the course will be:
Salge, Blake. Nutrition and You, 2e. 2012
You will NOT need the MyDietAnalysis portion of the course materials, but you will need a textbook (though an ebook is provided in the course site) and an access code to register for the course. Registration information will be listed in Blackboard.
- Your WingSpan ID becomes your Blackboard Username
- Your WingSpan PIN (Personal Identification Number) becomes your Blackboard password
- To change your PIN/password requires, change it in WingSpan
- Data will be transferred from WingSpan to Blackboard on a regular basis
Once you get to the Blackboard welcome page, click on the Nutrition for Fitness course link on the right, and you will go to the course site. Familiarize yourself with the course site and if you have any questions please email your instructor with your concerns. Get your textbook and get started with your initial assignments. A major key to your success in this course will be keeping up with both the reading and the other assignments.
If you have a disability documented by a physician or other appropriate professional and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact the DSP&S office at (626) 914-8675. Please discuss your accommodations with your instructor by email. Be sure to allow at least one week for appropriate accommodations to be arranged.