All members are required to play an active role in class discussion. Assignments must be completed in allotted time. Case studies may be developed and presented orally or as a written report. Student Academic Conduct of the latest Hilltopics will be followed in instances of academic dishonesty. Among other responsibilities, the instructor has authority to suspend a student from class, assign a penalty grade of F for the course and report the offense to the Office of the Dean of Student conduct for disciplinary action.
Students are strongly dis couraged to miss class or exams.
There will be 3 exams. Each team will select a group of most current papers from the refereed literature, discuss it in the class and submit a written report on it. This report is to include relevant information from all papers reviewed with references in the format of Am. J. Clin Nutr. The literature should cover a span of past 2 years however, it may go beyond if none found in 98-99.