Spring 2027

Nutrition Today

NUTRITION TODAY explores nutrition's relationship to human biological, social, and physical environments, addressing current issues affecting the nutritional status of various population groups.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Stavroula Antonopoulos4.7/5

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Past student reviews · Peter Anderson

Homework was easy but required strict adherence to due dates to avoid grade penalties. Students reported that tests were significantly harder than expected, despite the ease of the regular assignments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss the development of nutritional sciences knowledge and critically assess research findings.

  • Describe the scientific method as it applies to nutritional sciences and analyze research methods in the field.

  • Evaluate scientific research reports and apply findings to personal dietary choices, considering equity and inclusion in accessing and acquiring food.

  • Investigate changes in human eating patterns over time and their impact on health, sustainability, diversity, and cultural traditions.

  • Apply tools for assessing balanced eating patterns to personal food choices, specific populations or case studies while considering traditional and cultural dietary practices.

  • Explain the mechanisms of digestive physiology and how they pertain to nutrient absorption and the generation and utilization of energy.

  • Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of basic nutritional concepts, including macronutrients, micronutrients, energy, and their sources, as well as their effects on health, while emphasizing diversity and an “all foods fit” approach.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students with credit forNUTR SCI 332

NUTRSCI 132

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Professors

Spring 2027

Stavroula Antonopoulos

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.81/5 from 201 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=932 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=902 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.1% A/AB (n=950 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PETER ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STAVROULA ANTONOPOULOS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 4750
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 4750

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Peter Anderson

Students found the course manageable if they attended lectures and completed homework, noting that the textbook was often unnecessary for exams. Past instructors described the material as challenging for those without prior biology or chemistry background.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=932 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=902 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 96.1% A/AB (n=950 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Peter Anderson

Homework was easy but required strict adherence to due dates to avoid grade penalties. Students reported that tests were significantly harder than expected, despite the ease of the regular assignments.

Past student reviews · Peter Anderson

Lectures were described as long and boring. However, students noted that exam questions often repeated from older exams, which provided a helpful study strategy for preparing for difficult tests.

Topics

  • Relationship between nutrition and human biological, social, and physical environments.
  • Basic nutritional concepts including macronutrients, micronutrients, energy, and health effects.
  • Changes in human eating patterns over time and impacts on health, sustainability, and culture.

Skills

  • Critical assessment of nutritional research and application of the scientific method.
  • Assessment of balanced eating patterns for personal and population-level dietary choices.
  • Explanation of digestive physiology mechanisms related to nutrient absorption and energy use.

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.29 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
NUTRSCI 132 · Spring 2027

Nutrition Today

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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