Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

310154 (v.1) Food Microbiology 233


Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302467 (v.2) Introduction to Microbiology 132 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

An examination of the source, types, growth and effects of microbes in food and their impact on food quality and safety; food spoilage and preservation; sterilisation, disinfection and sanitation relevant to food production; microbial intoxications and infectious diseases transmitted in food and water; effluent and wastewater treatment from food production facilities; use of predictive microbiology to determine safe storage and distribution of food and the role of microbiology in establishment of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) and guidelines for maintenance personnel (GMP) quality control programs for production of safe food.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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