Module: AgFoodTech (1507-450)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Jochen Weiss (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Food Systems (Master, since 01.10.2019)
  1. Semester, compulsory

Relation to other Modules:

The module is taught directly following the introductory SPOC, which introduces students to the food system. In the module, students focus on the AgriFood subsegment of this system, from the combined perspectives of agrarian technology and food science. The module enables them to take a systemic-integrative perspective on this subsegment of the Food System. This perspective will be further enriched and fleshed out in two further modules chosen from the pool of electives.

Prerequisites for Attendance:

Before starting this module, the “SPOC: Introduction to Food System” module has to be completed successfully

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

7,5 credits

Frequency:

every winter semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Module examination:

written exam

Final examination:

written exam

Length of the examination:

90 minutes

Workload:

56 h attendance time + 169 h independent study = 225 h workload

Professional competences:

- Students can organize individual field, post-harvest, and food processing technologies into sequential transformation chains
- Students can appraise the functionalities of sequential transformation chains
- Students can investigate and quantitatively assess key process outcomes of select chains based on given input parameters (e.g. energy, mass, properties of raw materials etc.)
- Students can classify and explain key agriculture and food technologies that transform raw material into value added foods
- Students can define the role of AgFoodTech in the food system

Key competences:

- Making value judgments and sustainability competencies
- Creativity skills and competencies
- Research skills and competencies
- Intellectual transforming skills and competencies

eLearning:

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