FDSC30030

Learning Outcomes:

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. Conduct selected literature research to demonstrate important aspects of qualitative and quantitative analysis, typically on a topical aspect of food safety or micronutrient 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 separation 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

Learning Requirements:

FDSC20010 / FDSC 20020 or equivalient

Learning Exclusions:

None

Learning Recommendations:

None

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Co-requisite:
FDSC30020 - Food investigation


 

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
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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