HSN104 - The Science of Food

Unit details

Year	2025 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Unit Chair:	Trimester 1: Snehal Jadhav Trimester 2: Dan Dias
Cohort rule:	This unit is only available to students enrolled in D301, D333, H315, H318, H343, H300, D391, D304, D311, D321, D331 and S320 students. Students completing H300 and D391 must also be completing the Food Studies major sequence (MJ-H000003) or minor sequence (MN-H000003). Students completing D304, D311, D321, D331 and S320 students must also be completing the Food Studies major sequence (MJ-S000098) or minor sequence (MJ-S000009). For students enrolled in Burwood Course location - must enrol into Burwood campus unit offering. For students enrolled in Geelong Course location - can enrol into online offering or Burwood campus offering. Students who wish to complete this unit for the Master of Dietetics pre-requisite units will need to seek enrolment assistance from a Student Adviser at Student Central.
Prerequisite:	Nil
Corequisite:	Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSN010
Incompatible with:	HSN203
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:	1 x 2 hour lecture per week 4 x 3 hour practical experiences (laboratory) for the trimester 3 x 1 hour assessment task seminars for the trimester
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:	1 x 2 hour online lecture per week and 1 x 2 days intensive practical experiences (laboratory) for the trimester scheduled between trimester week 1 and trimester week 5. Refer to Unit site announcement and STAR for the exact schedule. 3 x 1 hour assessment task seminars for the trimester.
Typical study commitment:	Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Note: D301 and D333 Burwood students will need to enrol into the Burwood unit offerings. D301 and D333 Geelong students can choose one from the below two options: A. Online unit offering: Attend 1 x 2 days intensive laboratory classes. Refer to the unit site for the schedule. B. Burwood unit offering: attend four practical classes at Burwood. Geelong students who choose to enrol into Burwood offering can only do so if there is capacity and via a manual enrolment request.

Content

This unit describes food constituent’s context of whole foods and diets in terms of their chemical, physical and biological properties, occurrence, nutritional significance and reactivity during processing, risk from food pathogens and spoilage agents, food preservation methods and product development.

Learning Outcomes

ULO	These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:	Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO1	Apply chemistry theory of atoms and bonds to explain the properties of macronutrients (water, protein, lipids and carbohydrates) within food.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2	Identify food safety hazards including microbial hazards and understand the requirement of HACCP to maintain food safety.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO3	Describe the product development process, including the concept of food preservation.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO4	Analyse foods for their macronutrients, as a team within a food science laboratory.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork
ULO5	Compose a food nutrition table and write a laboratory report evaluating the laboratory data, comparing to commercial NIP values using evidence from credible scientific literature.	GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Trimester 1, Trimester 2:

Assessment Description	Student output	Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit)	Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Portfolio (A and B)	Part A (Task1 and 2): 300 words Part B: 1000 words	Part A: 25% Part B: 25% Total: 50%	Week 3: Part A, Task 1 Week 8: Part A, Task 2 Week 11: Part B
Assessment 2: Short Lab Report	1 x short lab report, 1000 words	20%	Week 6
Assessment 3: Long Lab Report	1500 words	30%	Study Period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for HSN104 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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