Chabot College 2024-2026 311 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, NUTR, PHIL 4 Mother and Childhood Nutrition 3 Units Mother and child nutrition, from conception, to newborn through toddlerhood, to teenager. Methods to encourage positive eating behaviors that promote short and long-term health and prevention of chronic diseases. Topics include basic nutrition principles, prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding, child nutrition, planning healthy meals and snacks, food allergies, food safety, physical activity for children, childhood obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and life expectancy. Lecture: 54 hours 6 Nutrition for Healthy Living 3 Units An introductory course focusing on basic nutrition concepts and their application to personal dietary assessment and diet planning. Socioeconomic conditions, personal behaviors, and cultural influences will be examined. Ideal for students not majoring in a healthcare profession. Lecture: 54 hours 7 Food and Culture 3 Units Exploration of food and how it is viewed as an expression of cultural diversity. Examination of how traditional foods reflect geographic area and culture. Influence of socio-economic class and religion on food choices, health, and disease. Regional, ethnic, cultural, historical, and social influences on food patterns are examined. Exploration of aspects of food in different countries and nationalities with emphasis on ethnic groups in the United States and how food choices from other cultures have been inherited and adopted with migration patterns. Emphasis on developing cultural competency and sensitivity to various ethnic groups. Lecture: 54 hours 10 Weight Management for Healthy Aging 3 Units Study the positive health effects of maintaining appropriate body weight and body composition, starting in late adolescence until elderly years. Strategies to balance caloric intake, and follow adequate exercise guidelines will be discussed. Investigation of dietary guidelines, and deficiency concerns at different stages of adulthood. Study of age-specific diseases thorough early adulthood, middle age, and elderly years, focusing on disease prevention. Lecture: 54 hours 11 Sports Nutrition 3 Units The science of sports nutrition, with emphasis on nutrition science as it applies to fitness, sport-specific training, and peak athletic performance. Nutrient requirements and dietary recommendations for multiple sports and levels of performance, energy metabolism, essential nutrient needs during training and competition. Achievement of ideal nutrition to enhance physical performance. Ideal for health coaches, as well as those interested in reaching personal peak performance, and aiding others to reach full athletic potential. Lecture: 54 hours PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) Degrees AA-T Philosophy AA Philosophy PHILOSOPHY Associate in Arts for Transfer What is philosophy? Philosophy is an activity rather than a set of beliefs. It is thinking critically, systematically, and creatively about fundamental and important questions about knowledge, values, and reality that include the following and more: What do I know, and how do I know it? What is justice? Does God exist? Do I have free will? What is the nature of the mind and self? In addition to preparing one for advanced study in the discipline, the Chabot Philosophy Program enriches its students with the ultimate transferable and portable job skills needed in the fields of law, medicine, business, education, public service, film- making, writing, and tech. Students who successfully complete the AA-T in Philosophy earn specific guarantees for transfer to the CSU system: admission to a CSU with junior status and priority admission a local CSU campus and to a program or major in philosophy or a similar major. Students transferring to a CSU campus will be required to complete no more than 60 units after transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree. Students are required to complete 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to a California State University, including one of the following: (1) The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education – Breadth Requirements and (2) 18-19 semester units with a grade of “C” or “P” or better in the major and an overall minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 in all CSU transferable coursework. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Convey understanding of major philosophical questions, theories, and concepts in the areas of metaphysics (nature of reality), epistemology (knowledge), and axiology (value theory). 2. Reconstruct, analyze, and evaluate arguments for and against major philosophical positions. 3. Explicate and analyze globally significant texts from the history of philosophy. 4. Employ the methods of philosophical inquiry, especially the principles of logic (formal & informal) and critical thinking. 5. Demonstrate proficiency in portable language skills, including listening and reading carefully and critically, speaking articulately, and -- most importantly -- proficiency in philosophical writing, which includes presenting & supporting a philosophical thesis, articulating & responding to objections, and in general, writing in a way that is clear, precise, coherent, concise, well-organized, effective, and valuable. 6. Demonstrate philosophical virtues, including being open- minded, imaginative, appropriately skeptical, intellectually humble, charitable, incisive, and truth & justice-seeking.
