MVI220 Food Microbiology
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Hilde Marit Østlie
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk
Limits of class size:26
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:Lectures: 40 hours. Laboratory exercises: 65 hours. Excursion: 5 hours. Preparations, report writing, self-study and exam: 140 hours. 250 hours in total.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Spring parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Spring parallel.
About this course
Learning outcome
Knowledge
On completion of the course the student should have:
- General knowledge about how microbes develop and how they can be controlled in food.
- Necessary knowledge about methods for general and specific analysis of microbial groups in foods.
- A perspective of the newest developments in the field.
Skills
On completion of the course the student should have:
- Experiences with laboratory projects within food microbiology.
- Laboratory skills in microbiology related to sampling and analysis of foods.
- Skills to find scientific literature on relevant topics in books and scientific journals.
- The student is able to perform the preparations, techniques and analyses employed in the course.
- The student masters the instruments and equipment used in the course.
General competence
On completion of the course the student should:
- Understand possibilities and limitations related to food microbiology.
- Be able to plan and perform microbiological analysis of various foods.
- Have an overview of typical groups of microbes in different foodstuffs and what affect their growth and survival.
- Lectures and laboratory exercises with journals. Excursion to a food analysis laboratory/food production company if possible.
The course responsible and other teachers may be contacted during office hours or by e-mail hilde.ostlie@nmbu.no.
Canvas.
- Knowledge of microbiology equivalent to BIO130 and knowledge of biochemistry equivalent to KJB100/KJB200.
Combined assessment: a) Portfolio and b) Written examination. Both a) and b) must be passed to get a total grade.
Portfolio: Laboratory journals (written in groups or individually) count 30 % of the total grade, and have to be approved to qualify for the exam.
Written examination: Final exam (3.5 hours) counts 70 % of the total grade, and must be passed.
Written exam Grading: Letter grades Permitted aids: A1 No calculator, no other aids Portfolio Grading: Letter grades- An external examiner assesses all examination papers. Laboratory journals are assessed by internal examiners.
- Attendance at the first lecture, compulsory.
- Attendance preparation of media, compulsory.
- Attendance laboratory exercises, compulsory.
- Submission of laboratory reports, compulsory.
- Participation on a possible excursion, compulsory.
All mandatory activities have to be accomplished and approved to be admitted to examination.
The validity of the compulsory activities can be extended.
All mandatory activities have to be accomplished and accepted before examination can take place.
Some laboratory work outside structured teaching time must be expected.
Lectures: 4 hours/week. Laboratory exercises: 6 hours/week
Some laboratory work outside structured teaching time must be expected.
- M-MATVIT
- Special requirements in Science