GASTRONOMY AND CULINARY ARTS (TURKISH, NONTHESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GMS5006 Food and Quality Fall 3 0 3 8
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : KEREM İLASLAN
Course Objectives: The aim is to enable students to learn about organic products and genetically modified products by ensuring that they understand all the positive and negative factors that can occur in food at all stages of food to be used in the kitchen, starting from the seed and soil quality until it reaches the kitchen.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
To understand the production technologies used in the food industry, additives and the evaluation of what is written on the labels from the consumer's perspective. In ready-made food technology, raw materials and their compositions, food spoilage factors and control, physical food preservation methods (cooling, freezing, sterilization, pasteurization, radiation, vacuum application, filtration), chemical food preservation methods (salting, smoking, sugar preservation, acid preservation, chemical food preservation methods). use of preservatives) and biological food preservation techniques, quality control principles in grains, fruits, vegetables, meat, milk, oil and ready-made foods.

Course Content

1. Understanding new production technologies in the food industry
2. Understanding the concept of quality in the food industry
3. Learning the application of the concept of molecular gastronomy
4. Understand the preservation methods of products and packaged products
5. Understanding additives and their benefits in food production

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course Food raw materials and additives
2) The concept of quality in food
3) Food preservation methods and shelf life
4) Food preservation with thermal treatments
5) packaging technology
6) Food preservatives and contaminants
7) Talk about articles
8) Modern food preservation methods
9) Food preservation by fermentation
10) Genetic technology in food, good agricultural practices and organic agriculture
11) molecular gastronomy
12) Talk about articles
13) Final Projects Presentations
13) Final Projects Presentations
14) Final Projects Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References: 1. Gıda Kalite Sağlama, Tomris A. Onoğur, Yeşim Elmacı, Kemal Demirağ, Sidaş Yayınları
2. Gıda Katkı Maddeleri, Muhittin Tayfur, Detay Yayınları
3. Ders notları (“It’s Learning” sitesine dönem içerisinde yüklenecektir.)

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 3 % 20
Homework Assignments 1 % 30
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 7 98
Project 1 60 60
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 204

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution