FDSC30020

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to: Demonstrate how the demands of modern food analysis require a diversity of methodologies which must be often used in combination to achieve the desired result. Explain the basic principles underlying the measurement of different classes of food compounds when using specific methodologies and their associated instrumentation. Interpret selected data which demonstrate important aspects of qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

While lectures still form the main part of the face to face teaching, extensive notes on the various Food Analysis techniques will be available through Brightspace for the students to familiarise themselves with key concepts ahead of lectures, so that most lecture time will be devoted to explaining some difficult issues, at the behest of students.

Group tutorials will be held weekly to reinforce learning and will be concerned with topical aspects of chemical Food Safety (typically taken from the FSAI rapid alert system) such as food fraud, chemical residues, food toxicity or food authentication. Each group will have to search scientific and technical literature to produce a small poster on one specific subject to present to the class by the end of term.

A discussion board will be open on Brightspace with topics aligned with lectures so as to allow students to interact more freely and out of the classroom

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Pre-requisite:
FDSC20010 - Food Macronutrients, FDSC20020 - Nutritional Energy Metabolism, FDSC20090 - Food Macronutrients


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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