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Food Chemistry (FOOD90022)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: ngkf@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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The aim of this subject is to provide students with an understanding of the chemical structure of important food components of plant origin. The chemical and biological properties of these components are also explored.
This course is supported by a practical laboratory program, which emphasises analytical and instrumental techniques.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe the structures of the following food components: simple carbohydrates, starches, dietary fibres, fatty acids, polyphenols and some vitamins
- Relate the structures of these food components to their chemical properties
- Relate the structures of these food components to their physical solution properties
- Understand their roles in the functional properties of foods
- Understand some of the health properties of these food components
- Able to research the literature for advanced information for some of these food components
- Practical understanding of the chemical analyses used to identify and quantify food components
Generic skills
Upon completion of this unit, students should have developed:
- A profound respect for truth, intellectual and professional integrity, and the ethics of scholarship
- Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning and research
- An ability to drive, interpret and analyse social, technical or economic information from multiple sources
- Skills in observation, critical analysis and report writing
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Eligibility for honours or postgraduate coursework programs.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Undergraduate Chemistry or equivalent background knowledge.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Assignment (1500 words) due approximately Week 10 (20%)
- Laboratory report (1000 words) due approximately Week 11 (20%)
- 3-hour end-of-semester examination (60%)
HURDLE REQUIREMENT: It is a hurdle requirement that students miss no more than one practical session during this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ken Ng Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of lectures and 18 hours of practical Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Email: ngkf@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Principles of Food Chemistry 3rd Ed (1999), John deMan, Aspen Publishers, Inc
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Food Science Course Master of Food and Packaging Innovation Course Graduate Certificate in Food Science Course Graduate Diploma in Food Science - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022