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CODE 66441
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
PREREQUISITES
Propedeuticità in uscita
Questo insegnamento è propedeutico per gli insegnamenti:
  • DIETETIC STUDIES 9288 (coorte 2024/2025)
  • MOTHER AND CHILD NUTRITION 66478
  • DIETETIC STUDIES 9288 (coorte 2024/2025)
  • PRACTICAL-CLINICAL INTERNSHIP - 3RD YEAR 66464
  • DIETETIC STUDIES 9288 (coorte 2024/2025)
  • METHODS OF APPLIED RESEARCH FOR NUTRITION 66489
  • DIETETIC STUDIES 9288 (coorte 2024/2025)
  • CLINICAL DIET THERAPY I 66484
MODULES Questo insegnamento è composto da:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

Knowledge of food from a chemical, commodity and legislative point of view is central to the training of a food professional.

The course intends to prepare the student to deepen the topics covered and to keep up to date with them.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Gain a deep knowledge on the chemic of aliments and on the alimentary laws and legislation. Have biological notion on the chemical nature of aliments and nutrients. Understand the changes of aliments and food after cooking. Understand the food and aliments labeling, the laws and norms on this purpose, the use and the type of the alimentary additive and on the methods employed for the food preservation.

TEACHING METHODS

Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MATILDE BORRIELLO (President)

LIVIA PISCIOTTA (President)

FEDERICA TURRINI (President)

MONICA DELLEPIANE

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Food Chemistry (66442) and Food Processing Chemistry (66443): written test (see details in the relevant teaching sheets).

Merceology and Food Legislation (66445): oral test on the topics covered by the relevant teacher.

Food and Diet (66444): oral test on the topics covered by the reference teacher.

If a health emergency situation were to occur again, the exams can be carried out remotely.

In the event of a health emergency, the exams can be carried out remotely.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The ability to integrate the contents learned and the ability to develop new knowledge starting from these new learnings will be assessed.

The student must demonstrate to:

- Possess in-depth knowledge of food chemistry.

- Possess in-depth knowledge of food legislation.

- Know the changes in foods following cooking and/or storage.

- Know how to understand food labelling, rules and regulations, types and uses of food additives, food preservation methods.

- Know how to correctly consult and analyze food composition tables.

The exam aims to ascertain the student's actual acquisition of the expected learning outcomes. To pass the exam, the student must obtain a grade of no less than 18/30 in each of the modules that make up the course, demonstrating the achievement of the pre-established training objectives and the acquisition of adequate technical-scientific language skills on matter. The final grade will be given by the weighted average of the grades obtained for each module.

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals
Zero hunger
Zero hunger
Good health and well being
Good health and well being
Clean water and sanitation
Clean water and sanitation
Responbile consumption and production
Responbile consumption and production
Life below water
Life below water
Life on land
Life on land