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Basic course - Food agronomist

The course consists of a mixture of lectures, seminars, individual work and group assignments. Through lectures by researchers and invited experts from the industry, as well as study visits, the student is offered a broad overview of the all parts of the food sector and of the possible job market for food agronomists. Seminars and project work give the student possibility to specialisation in parts of the course and also training in general skills. In the course, compulsory components are included as various types of written assignments and presentations of project work. The following fields are treated during the course: - introduction to higher education with components as study technique, information retrieval, communication and presentation technique - basic mathematics with relevance for following courses in the education - introduction to ethical argumentation, sustainable natural resources exploitation and agricultural and rural history and an overview over the production branches and annual cycles of the agriculture - foodstuff from the perspective of the research, public authorities, the food industry and the consumer - the food production chains from primary production to consumption - the chemical composition and properties of the food raw materials - the most important rules and guidelines for labelling of foodstuff - aspects on organic production of foodstuffs and foods produced through gene technology and other consumer oriented subjects in the public debate that students and the course administration identify together.


Course evaluation

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LV0100-10280 - Course evaluation report

Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.

Additional course evaluations for LV0100

Academic year 2019/2020

Basic course - Food agronomist (LV0100-10056)

2019-09-02 - 2019-10-31

Academic year 2018/2019

Basic course - Food agronomist (LV0100-10127)

2018-09-03 - 2018-11-11

Academic year 2017/2018

Basic course - Food agronomist (LV0100-10005)

2017-08-28 - 2017-11-05

Academic year 2016/2017

Basic course - Food agronomist (LV0100-10266)

2016-08-29 - 2016-11-06

Syllabus and other information

Grading criteria

Betygskriterier LV0100 Grundkurs - Livsmedelsagronom, 15 hp

Betygsskala: Godkänd / Icke godkänd

Kursmål och betygskriterier

För betyget godkänd ska studenten kunna:

1. beskriva nyttjande av naturresurser och deras betydelse i samhällets i alla led

2. redogöra för de viktigaste livsmedelsråvarornas produktion och sammansättning

3. beskriva de vanligaste förädlingsvägar och – processer inom livsmedelsindustrin

4. redogöra för de viktigaste regler och riktlinjer för märkning av livsmedel

5. söka och kritiskt bearbeta litteratur

6. förmedla information i skrift och tal

7. aktivt delta i obligatoriska moment

Litterature list

  1. Mot bättre vetande i matematik Författare: Andrejs Dunkels, Bengt Klefsjö, Ingemar Nilsson, Reinhold Näslund, Kerstin Vännman ISBN: 9789144019192 Kommentar: ca 300 kr via Adlibris

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes The course is offered as a programme course: Agriculture Programme - Food Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 38054 SEK Cycle: Bachelor’s level (G1N)
Subject: Food Science Agricultural Science Agricultural science Food science
Course code: LV0100 Application code: SLU-10280 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: Swedish Responsible department: Department of Molecular Sciences Pace: 100%