Academic Activities

 
 
Brief Description of Courses Per Semester 
Semester VIII
Food Packaging and Storage Technology / Teknologi Pengemasan dan Penyimpanan Pangan
2 credits                               
Prerequisite(s): Biology, Food Microbiology, Food Analysis                              
This course is a comprehension of the use of packaging for various type of food products and principles of food storage (cereal, fruit, and vegetables, seafood products, meat & poultry, processed food) and warehousing in the post-harvest chain, controlling physical factors, biological factors and environmental factors. The course covers glass container, plastic container, paper/cardboard container and wood container production; standard testing of packaging materials, aseptic packaging; edible packaging and determination of shelf life. Methods for determination of losses during storage as well as shelf-life determination will be discussed. The laboratory work includes the application of food storage (fruit and vegetable storage, poultry products storage, cereal storage), the relationship between insects and cereal deterioration as well as the post-harvest behaviour of fruit and vegetables such as the relationship between respiration and shelf life.
 
Food Legislation / Legislasi Pangan
4 credits
Prerequisite(s): None                            
Food legislation covers the understanding of food legislation and regulation applied nationally and internationally.
 
Food Quality Assurance / Pengendalian Mutu Pangan
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Food Analysis                             
This course provides an understanding of products characteristics and quality aspects of searching and testing, development and controlling the quality of food products.  Knowledge of standard quality factors, quality control and quality control institution also will be discussed. The laboratory work includes quality assessment of different types of commercial products available in markets (rice, instant noodle, canned food, etc). 
 
Research Methods / Metode Ilmiah
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Statistics                          
This subject is an application of scientific methods to research, writing and presentation of the result and scientific publication. This subject includes the type of research, measures of research, preparation of research proposals and research plan, and papers. 
 
Elective Courses / Mata Kuliah Pilihan