Duration
18h Th
Number of credits
| Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in bioengineering : chemistry and bio-industries (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
I. Introduction: why eat?; II. Body size and composition; III. Digestion and absorption; IV. Metabolism; V. Vitamins ; VI. Minerals; VII. Dietary requirements and composition of food; VIII. Functional foods; IX. Regulation of food intake; X. Nutrition and health;
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student will gain basic knowledge on the changes that the consumed food undergoes in the digestive tract, the fate of the nutrients and the effects on the functioning of the human body. The student will gain insights in the need of macro- and micronutrients for humans. Special aspects (such as functional food, allergies,...) related to nutrition will be highlighted.
The individual assessment serves to understand how a varied diet can meet the requirements and gives insight in the daily energy balance.
In general, after completing the course the student is expected to have the ability:
- To synthesize and critically analyze, based on scientific information, his nutritional habits
- To communicate it as a report
- To formulate a diet taking into account the different nutritional and health-related constraints
For AGRO:
- Diagnose on agronomical processes in technical terms
- to set-up an experimental plan or a sampling plan based upon a well-formulated hypothesis, and interprete the results
- Identify limiting parameters of a process or a system
- Identify the constraints related to the formulation of food
- Constitute a corpus of scientific articles or technical notres and to identify relevant information and to generate a critical synthesis
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Master bioengineering: chemistry and bioindustries, first year:
CHIM9239-2 Biological molecules chemistry
BIOL2011-1 Comparative animal anatomy and physiology
Master bioengineering: agricultural sciences, second year:
CHIM9239-2 Biological molecules chemistry
BIOL2011-1 Comparative animal anatomy and physiology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
+/- 18 hours of theory
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Powerpoint of the lectures (in english)
Recommended books:
Introduction to nutrition and metabolism, David A. Bender (CRC Press)
Human Nutrition, Catherine Geissler and Hilary Powers (Elsevier)
Nutrition, P. Insel, R.E. Turner, D. Ross (Jones and Bartlett Pubishers)
Assessment methods and criteria
First session: Oral exam (70%); Second session: Written exam (70%) Individual assessment (30%)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is divided into two parts: one theoretical part and one individual assessment.
Contacts
Nadia Everaert
nadia.everaert@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The content of the course that is evaluated during the exam is the same as the one of the exam session in January
Assessment methods
70% of the final note is based on the evaluation of the theoretical part: The exam will be done by ecampus via collaborate. The student will receive a timing for an appointment to connect to collaborate. The student will receive his questions via collaborate and has 20 minutes to prepare his answers. After 20 minutes, the student will explain his answers orally, and the professor can ask additional small questions if needed (to clarify the answers of the student).
30% of the final note is based on the report of the dietary analysis.
Contacts
nadia.everaert@uliege.be