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MVI272 Unprocessed edible plants
Course responsible Trude Wicklund IKBM
   
Number of credits allocated 5.0
Language Norwegian
Limits for class size Minimum 5, maximum 50 students.
Semester/trimester
August block Autumn parallel January block Spring parallel June block
       
         
Colour explanation: Red/yellow = teaching periods. The red period indicates when the teaching starts.
Teachers Magnor Hansen, Siv Fagertun Remberg, Anne Kjersti Uhlen
Type of course Lectures and laboratory exercises 2 + 3 hrs pr week
Compulsory educational activities Field and laboratory exercises (with lab report), excursion. Group work on the theme 'Exotic Fruits' and presentation in plenum. Required activities shall be completed and approved before the exam.
Reduction of credits for overlapping courses
Prerequisites MVI100 (Introduction to food science) or similar, food chemistry equal to KJB210 and biochemistry equal to KJB200.
Recommended prerequisites
Exam S
Assessment methods Final written exam counts 100 %.
Grading A-F
Examination aids A1: not calculator, no other aids.
Nominal workload Lectures 40 hrs, laboratory work 30 hrs, group work 20 hrs, excursion 10 hrs, self study 50 hrs.
Course frequency Annually
Comment on frequency -This course will be changed from autumn 2014
Teaching methods Lectures, field and laboratory exercises, excursion.
Teaching support Fronter. trude.wicklund@umb.no , magnor.hansen@umb.no
Examiner External examiner.
Entrance requirements Special requirements in Science
Preferential right B-MAT, M-MAT
   
Objective of course  

Students will achieve basic knowledge of composition of different plant materials for industrial food processing. It is important that the students can differ between good and poor qualities for raw material used for industrial processing of food.

   
Course contents  
Student will learn about plant material (fruits, berries, vegetables and cereals) as raw material for the food industry.
   
Syllabus  
Course literature will be presented at the start of the course.
 
Last updated 2012-04-12