Purdue Online Nutrition Course ANSC

[rookie13]

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For those of you that have taken the Purdue ANSC course, how difficult were the tests? How much detail are we actually going to have to go into? Any insight would be much appreciated.

 

[VetDJ]

hey Rookie I took that class

I found the class not that hard I earned an A in the class, but it took me about from August-early January to finish the course. Granted this was at the same time I was filling out apps/taking 3 other science courses/volunteering and a Teacher's assistant.

i.e. its not that bad and do not be intimidated. by the vast quantities of information. just read the notes...the book is kinda worthless it can help solidify concepts, but not worth it.
Here's what helped me
1) print all the notes out for the section of the course (there are 3 sections)
2) put each section in a folder and study via that
3) print out the review sheet and go through it intensely and make sure you can answer all questions...if its not on the review sheet it WONT be on the exam.

Dr. Forsyth is an excellent teacher he gets back to you really quickly via email. Abuse email correspondence with him..if you dont know a question on the review sheet email him and w/in 24 hours he will get back to you. Make sure you memorize all the deficiencies of minerals/vitamins/etc.

the first 2 exams are regurgitation while the last one is more conceptual based. The term project was fun and took me around 10-15 hours to complete.

if you have any more questions just drop me a message

 

[wivet2011]

hey Rookie I took that class

I found the class not that hard I earned an A in the class, but it took me about from August-early January to finish the course. Granted this was at the same time I was filling out apps/taking 3 other science courses/volunteering and a Teacher's assistant.

i.e. its not that bad and do not be intimidated. by the vast quantities of information. just read the notes...the book is kinda worthless it can help solidify concepts, but not worth it.
Here's what helped me
1) print all the notes out for the section of the course (there are 3 sections)
2) put each section in a folder and study via that
3) print out the review sheet and go through it intensely and make sure you can answer all questions...if its not on the review sheet it WONT be on the exam.

Dr. Forsyth is an excellent teacher he gets back to you really quickly via email. Abuse email correspondence with him..if you dont know a question on the review sheet email him and w/in 24 hours he will get back to you. Make sure you memorize all the deficiencies of minerals/vitamins/etc.

the first 2 exams are regurgitation while the last one is more conceptual based. The term project was fun and took me around 10-15 hours to complete.

if you have any more questions just drop me a message

Completely agree with all suggestions. I pretty much finished the course over winter break last year with no problem, other than I took the 2nd test the day after my Kansas interview (which I drove from WI for- thank God my mom drove!) and I was sick... but I still got an A! The project really is fun too. You can do it on any animal you want which def. makes it more interesting and worthwhile.

 

[rookie13]

Thank you both for your helpful responses!

 

[catlover]

The only problem I had with that class was that it is self-paced, and I was kind of lazy! It was helpful, and I've already seen some of the information in my 2nd semester vet school nutrition class.

 

[JIKJen124]

I would totally agree with the other comments made about the course. Dr. Forsyth is great with email, abuse it as you need to. If you're super motivated, you can get the course done quite quickly (probably 3 weeks if you really wanted to) or drag it out over a semester.

What I did was made note cards out the study guide questions, and you'll be fine. I would agree about the final project. It probably took me 12-15 hours, and I did a horse farm which wasn't as straight forward as cows, chickens or whatever else.