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Development of Food Process (5 cr)

Code: 8F00CG28-3004

General information


Enrollment
22.04.2025 - 08.10.2025
Registration for the implementation has begun.
Timing
05.09.2025 - 04.10.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
2 cr
Virtual portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Unit
SeAMK Master School
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Master's Degree Programme in Food Chain Development
Teachers
Jarmo Alarinta
Margit Närvä
Scheduling groups
Avoin AMK (Ei koske tutkinto-opiskelijaa) (Size: 10 . Open UAS : 10.)
Groups
YRKK24R
Master of Hospitality Management, Food Chain Development
YRKK24I
Master of Engineering, Food Chain Development
Small groups
Open UAS (Doesn't apply to degree student)
Course
8F00CG28

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student can evaluate the food supply chain. The student can evaluate the dependence of the different activities of the supply chain and especially significance of the production process as a part of the supply chain. The student can analyse the significance of new food processing methods in the control of food safety and production process.

Content

- Food supply chain as business process
- The production process of the food as part of the supply chain
- New food processing methods
- Effect of the production process on the food safety, quality and self-life of the product

Materials

Fellows, P.J. 2017. Food processing technologies principles and practices.
Bicheno, J., & Holweg, M. (2023). The lean toolbox: A sourcebook for process improvement (Sixth edition.). Production and Inventory Control, Systems and Industrial Engineering (PICSIE) Books.
Articles

Teaching methods

Lectures, assignments

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 135 h
- of which scheduled studies: 24 h
- of which autonomous studies: 101 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has participated in the course working. The student has pointed out the ability to understand the food supply chain, the significance of the production process and the new methods of the food processing as a whole with the study module. The student has been able to utilise the basic concepts of the subject matter in the tasks of the study module and in the examination.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student has participated in the course working actively. The student has pointed out the ability to analyse the food supply chain, the significance of the production process and the new methods of the food processing as a whole with the study module. The student has been able to adapt the concepts of the subject matter in the tasks of the study module and in the examination.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has participated in the course working actively. The student has pointed out the ability to evaluate the food supply chain, the significance of the production process and the new methods of the food processing as a whole with the study module. The student has been able to adapt the concepts of the subject matter and able to produce new solutions in the tasks of the study module and in the examination.

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