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Theoretical Basics of Food Chemistry
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:13.03.2024 14:41:07
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LU_021 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Target Audience: | Public Health | |||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vija Neimane | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | |||||||||
| Objective: | |||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Periodic table of chemical elements: Chemical elements included in food products | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Inorganic compounds, their chemical transformations. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 3 | Organic compounds. Monofunctional organic compounds. | Lectures | 3.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | other | |||||||
| 4 | Polyfunctional organic compounds. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work of atudents is organised on individual basis and/or in small working groups by assigning the following tasks; to prepare independently for seminars and intermediate examinations; to study literature on topics ralated to respective course; to prepare presentations. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In accordance with Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia and the Decision of the Senate of the University of Latvia as of 29.06.2015. No. 211, at the end of the course, students' knowledge is evaluated on a 10-point scale according to the following criteria: the amount and the quality of the obtained knowledge, acquired skills and competence in compliance with the planned learning outcomes. There are planned lectures and 2 seminars during the semester. Obtaining the credit points require participation in 2 seminars (S-1 and S-2) and final examination. The total evaluation of the results achieved in the study course consists of: 1) participation in the seminars and intermediate tests S-1 and S-2: 30% + 30%; 2) Final examination - exam, written test: 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understands construction and periodical system of chemical elements, chemical composition and possible chemical transformations of the compounds that make up the food composition. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Individually or cooperating in small groups explain, analyze and assess construction of the chemical compounds and their elements and forecast their possible chemical transformations; Encourage further learning and acquirement of knowledge by using different sources of information. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to understand and forecast the chemical changes of the composition of food ingredients in processes of food storage and processing and biochemical transformations of the food ingredients in living organisms. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Cēdere D., Logins J. Organiskā ķīmija ar ievirzi bioķīmijā. Zvaigzne ABC, 1996. 2. Rauhvarders A. Vispārīgā ķīmija. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1996 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bindars J. Neorganiskā ķīmija : lekciju konspekts. Rēzekne : Rēzeknes Augstskolas izd., 2001. 87 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Gudriniece E., Kārkliņa A., Strakova L. Organisko savienojumu sintēzes metodes. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1976. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kazuša I., Kaksis Ā. Vispārīgā ķīmija: mācību līdzeklis. Rīga : RSU, 2011. 170. lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kokars V. Vispārīgā ķīmija : (mācību grāmata). Rīga: RTU Izdevniecība, 2009. 286. lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Nokalna I., Nokalns M. Organiskā ķīmija ar ievirzi bioķīmijā: metodiskais materiāls studentiem. Rīga : RSU, 2015. 40 lpp. | ||||||||
