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FDSC40920

Academic Year 2024/2025

Plant Foods (FDSC40920)

Subject:
Food Science
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Agriculture & Food Science
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Ajay Menon
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module aims at providing the basic fundamentals of understanding various plant products, including their importance, production, processing and storage as well as the future trends and challenges. The module will end with creating an appreciation for seeing plant products and commodities as a part of the greater global food production and sustainable development framework.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module, the students should be able have a broad knowledge of major plant product groups along with the basic biology, chemistry, economics and current trends as well as future challenges. A major outcome would be the ability to analyse information pertaining to these topics and communicating their ideas and conclusions effectively using widely accepted terminology.

Indicative Module Content:

The module will cover the following topics: Cereals; Gluten free psuedocereals; Breakfast cereals; Pastas and extrusion; Pulses; Vegetables; Fruits; Beverages and Chocolate. Additionally, general processing such as extrusion, milling, bread making, malting, brewing, storage and transport will be discussed.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

26
Autonomous Student Learning

75
Total

125

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module will mainly be delivered by online lectures, however there will be aspects of active and reflecting learning, critical and problem based thinking, and analytical report writing.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy Invalid Option
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Quizzes/Short Exercises: MCQ1- Covering Lects 1-5 Week 6 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
30
 No
Quizzes/Short Exercises: MCQ2- Covering Lects 6-10 Week 11 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Final Assignment where the students present their understanding of the module via a case study and evaluate a scenario by applying their learnings to synthesise a proposed solution Week 14 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
50
 No

Carry forward of passed components Invalid Option
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

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