3TFNT

NCEA Level 3 Food and Nutrition

Course Description

Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mr S. Qureshi.

This course is recommended for  students interested in  developing their creative ability and scientific inquiry when working with food, with a focus on the nutritional and developmental requirement of people with altered food needs.

You will be introduced to the main topics that are studied in nutrition.  Starting with basic nutrition, we then develop an understanding of influences on food choices.  As you become more familiar with these, we can then apply these to real life situations where you can develop your meal planning skills and justify food choices based on the Food and Nutrition Guidelines.  Evaluating choices against individual needs. 

  • Food and Nutrition is all about investigating nutritional issues affecting the well-being of NZ society.
  • Level 3 Food and Nutrition focusses on the implementation of an action plan to address a nutritional issues.
  •  Analysing the influence of food advertising on the well-being of society.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

·    Nutritional needs of people with altered food needs

·    The impact of a national food issue on New Zealand families.

·    How food related issues affect individual and their families.

·    The use of health promotional materials.


Course Overview

Term 1
Unit 1 - Investigate a nutritional issue affecting the well-being of New Zealand society

Term 2
Unit 2 - Implement an action plan to address a nutritional issue affecting the well-being of New Zealand society

Term 3
Unit 3 - Investigate the influence of multinational food corporations on eating patterns in New Zealand

Term 4
Unit 4 - Analyse the influences of food advertising on well-being

Recommended Prior Learning

Some basic nutritional knowledge is beneficial.   You require 16 credits in Level 2 Food and Nutrition or 16 credits in Level 2 English

Pathway

Higher levels of study in Food and Nutrition, University entrance, career opportunities in the food industry

Assessment Information

Course offers 3 internal Achievement Standards and 1 external Achievement Standard. Assessments requires Report writing and is essay based.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

This course is approved for University Entrance.

Total Credits Available: 19 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91466 v2
NZQA Info
Home Economics 3.1 - Investigate a nutritional issue affecting the well-being of New Zealand society
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 5r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91467 v2
NZQA Info
Home Economics 3.2 - Implement an action plan to address a nutritional issue affecting the well-being of New Zealand society
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91469 v2
NZQA Info
Home Economics 3.4 - Investigate the influence of multinational food corporations on eating patterns in New Zealand
5
5
5
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 5r *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91471 v2
NZQA Info
Home Economics 3.6 - Analyse the influences of food advertising on well-being
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 19
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 14
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 19

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.