HSN104 - The Science of Food
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Snehal Jadhav Trimester 2: Snehal Jadhav |
| Cohort rule: | Only available to students enrolled in D301, D333, H315, H318, H343 OR H300, D391 students completing the Food Studies major sequence (MJ-H000003) or minor sequence (MN-H000003). For Students enrolled in Burwood Course location- must enrol into Burwood campus unit offering For Students enrolled in Geelong Course location- can enrol into Cloud offering or Burwood campus offering Students who wish to complete this unit for the Master of Dietetics pre-requisite units will need to seek enrolment assistance from a Student Adviser at Student Central.
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| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSN010 |
| Incompatible with: | HSN203 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour class per week and 4 x 3 hour laboratory classes for the trimester. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 2 hour online class per week and 1 x 2 days intensive laboratory classes for the trimester. Refer to the unit site for the schedule. 3 x 1 hour assessment task seminars for the trimester. |
Note:D301 and D333 Burwood students will need to enrol into the Burwood unit offerings. | |
Content
This unit describes food constituent’s context of whole foods and diets in terms of their chemical, physical and biological properties, occurrence, nutritional significance and reactivity during processing, risk from food pathogens and spoilage agents, food preservation methods and product development.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Apply chemistry theory of atoms and bonds to explain the properties of macronutrients (water, protein, lipids and carbohydrates) within food. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Identify food safety hazards including microbial hazards and understand the requirement of HACCP to maintain food safety. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Describe the product development process, including the concept of food preservation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Analyse foods for their macronutrients, as a team within a food science laboratory. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Compose a food nutrition table and write a laboratory report evaluating the laboratory data, comparing to commercial NIP values using evidence from credible scientific literature. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting | Indicative due week |
| Assessment 1: Short Lab Reports | 2 x short lab reports, 400 words each report | 10% each report |
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| Assessment 2: Long Lab Report | 1500 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 3: Portfolio | Part A: 500 words | Part A: 20% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN104 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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