FSCN 4122 is also offered in Fall 2024
FSCN 4122 is also offered in Fall 2023
FSCN 4122 is also offered in Fall 2022
FSCN 4122 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | FSCN 4122 Section 001: Food Fermentations and Biotechnology (23736)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
FSCN 5122 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, St Paul
Ruttan Hall B25
- Enrollment Status:
Open (25 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major food fermentations important for food industry. Microbiological components. Impact of biotechnology on food production. Genetic tools. Improvement of microbes used in food production by biotechnological approaches. prereq: [MICB 3301, BIOL 4003] or instr consent
- Class Description:
- This course covers the major food fermentations important for today's food industry, with a particular focus on the microbiological components. These food fermentations cover all the major commodity food groups of dairy, cereal, meat, vegetables and fruits. The different microbial cultures used in foods, including probiotic cultures, will be analyzed focusing on the current and future trend in the culture industry. The student will also be introduced to the impact of biotechnology on food production, from classical to modern day food biotechnology, and beyond. Modern day genetic tools, as applied to plants, animals and microbes, will be examined. A major focus will be on the improvement of microbes used in food production by modern biotechnological approaches.
- Grading:
- 40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
15% Quizzes
5% Laboratory Evaluation
- Class Format:
- 80% Lecture
17% Laboratory
3% Small Group Activities
- Workload:
- 2 Exam(s)
6 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: One laboratory report
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23736/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 June 2012
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2021 Food Science and Nutrition Classes