Foods From Field To Table (11:400:107)

Course Website, Resources, and Materials

All of the materials that you will need for this course will be posted in the Canvas website. There is NO mandatory textbook required for this course.

Course Description

he course is designed to provide a linkage of Food Science in the conversion of raw agricultural commodities to processed foods. Cultural and geographical aspects of foods and farming will be discussed. Processing of foods will be explored with a view to deliver safe foods, and to meet with the health needs of today. Students will be introduced into the food, energy, and water nexus.

Learning Goals

Food Science Program Learning Goal #5: Graduates will effectively communicate Food Science issues.

SAS Core Curriculum Learning Goals

This course is core certified for Contemporary Challenges (CC-O; Our Common Future). C - Analyze the relationship that science and technology have to a contemporary social issue

Goal e. Understand and apply basic principles and concepts in the physical or biological sciences.

Goal f. Explain and be able to assess the relationship among assumptions, method, evidence, arguments, and theory in scientific analysis

Course Learning Goals

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Define the linkages between water, energy and food security, with a nexus‐ based approach.
2. Explain and assess the various processing methods employed by food industries.
3. Understand the path of foods from food production to ultimately reaching the consumers, as processed foods.

Assignments/Responsibilities, Grading, and Assessment

3 GRADED SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS COURSE

All submissions via Canvas only; email submissions will NOT be graded.

1. 3 exams (not cumulative): EXAMS WILL BE ONLINE.
• All 3 exams will be open for 24-48 hours. Respondus lockdown browser with monitor will be used for all 3 exams in this course.
• ALL EXAM DATES MUST BE FOLLOWED; If extension is needed by anystudent for exam(s), you need to request Dean of Students, Rutgers to email me.

FAILURE TO COMPLETE ONE OR MORE EXAMS WILL RESULT IN A "F" GRADE FOR THE COURSE

2. Assignment (divided into 4 parts submissions; AP 1-4)
• Follow the date posted for each submission in Canvas; all late submissions will be graded for 50% of the points.
• Follow comments posted in Canvas for each Assignment part after they are graded.
3. CE test your existing knowledge. These evaluations are timed; ONE SUBMISSION ONLY.

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR POINTS YOU SEE UPON SUBMISSION. Full points will be given to you for answering all questions. Points will be adjusted at the end of the semester.

GRADING SCHEMA FOR THE COURSE

3 Exams
Exam 1-3
25-50 MCQs. Not cumulative.
25 points each exam

25X3=75 points
Assignment (Parts 1-4)
AP 1-4
5 points each part
(Late submission- 2.5 points each part)
5X4=20 points
2 Course Evaluations
Pre- & Post- Course Evaluations (CE 1-2)
2.5 points each CE
(NO LATE SUBMISSION)
2.5X2=5 points
Total
100 points

RUTGERS GRADING GRID:

GRADING GRID
"A"
= 90 and above
"B+"
= 85-89
"B"
= 80 – 84
"C+"
= 75-79
"C"
= 70 - 74
"D"
= 60-69
"F"
= below 60%

Course Schesule

Lec
Topic
Submission
1
Introduction to Class & Syllabus
Download and attempt Practice exam via Respondus Lockdown
browser with monitor
2
Foods of today- Trends and Challenges
CE
3
Why do we eat the foods we eat?
4
Safety of Foods
5
Processing Technologies- I
6
Processing Technologies- II
7
Processing of Cereals and Grains
8
Processing of Fruits and Vegetables
9
EXAM -1 Via Respondus Lockdown Browser + monitor for all students registered in this course; NO aids or devices are permitted during exam
10
Trail of a raw food through its processing:
Assignment instructions will be given in class; students are expected to complete AP-1 in class
AP- 1
11
Non-Thermal Processing of Foods
P- 2 opens
12
Food Subsidies & Health Connection
13
Industrial Animal Food Production
14
Food Distribution
15
From Farms to Supermarkets
AP-2
16
Food Choices from around the World
AP- 3 opens
17
Why and How of Food Waste
18
Via Respondus Lockdown Browser + monitor for all students registered in this course; NO aids or devices are permitted during exam
19
Food Waste- II
20
Sustainability in Food Processing - I
21
Sustainability in Food Processing - II
AP- 3 due
22
Food Biotechnology
AP- 4 opens
23
TBD/Assignment help in class
24
Org vs Conventional foods - I
25
Org vs Conventional foods - II
AP- 4
26
Food Bioterrorism and Food Laws
27
Food Packaging & Food Labelling
CE due
28
Final Exam/Paper Date and Time: Online Final Exam Schedule.

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ACCOMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Please follow the procedures outlined at Rutgers Office Of Disability services Registration form. Full policies and procedures are found in the Rutgers Office Of Disability services website.

The Rutgers Office Of Disability services is located at Lucy Stone Hall, Suite A145, Livingston Campus, 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854. The contact phone number is (848) 445-6800.

Rutgers University welcomes students with disabilities into all of the University's educational programs. In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, a student with a disability must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation at Rutgers Office Of Disability services documentation Guidelines website. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campus’s disability services office will provide you with a Letter of Accommodations. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. To begin this process, please complete the Registration form on the ODS web site at: Rutgers Office Of Disability services Registration form.

Absence Policy

Rutgers Dean of Students website.

The University does recognize that temporary conditions and injuries can be problematic and may adversely affect a student’s ability to fully participate in class.

Absences or making up work go to Temporary Conditions website for detail.

The Dean of Students Office at Rutgers University-New Brunswick provides solutions, services, and support to help students navigate Rutgers University. By focusing on students’ educational, social, and personal development, staff in the Office promote academic success and student retention. The Office serves as a student support network by providing advocacy, problem resolution, and critical incident intervention for those times when additional assistance is needed.

• Self-Reporting Absences: For absences in class or labs less than a week that are not confidential in nature, students need to inform faculty directly by using the Absence Reporting System (ARS).
• Longer Periods of Absence: If you anticipate missing more than one week of classes for serious illness, confidential, or sensitive personal reasons, you should also consult with a New Brunswick Dean of Students who will help to verify your extended absences from classes.
• Absences due to illnesses: If your absence is due to illness, visit New Brunswick Health Services for information about campus health services, including information about: how to make an appointment, self-care advice for colds/flu, mental health and counseling options.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

The university's policy on Academic Integrity requires that a student:

• properly acknowledge and cite all use of the ideas, results, or words of others.
• properly acknowledge all contributors to a given piece of work.
• make sure that all work submitted as his or her own in a course or other academic activity is produced without the aid of impermissible materials or impermissible collaboration.
• obtain all data or results by ethical means and report them accurately without suppressing any results inconsistent with his or her interpretation or conclusions.
• treat all other students in an ethical manner, respecting their integrity and right to pursue their educational goals without interference. This requires that a student neither facilitate academic dishonesty by others nor obstruct their academic progress.
• uphold the canons of the ethical or professional code of the profession for which he or she is preparing.
Adherence to these principles is necessary in order to ensure that
• everyone is given proper credit for his or her ideas, words, results, and other scholarly accomplishments.
• all student work is fairly evaluated, and no student has an inappropriate advantage over others.
• the academic and ethical development of all students is fostered.
• the reputation of the University for integrity in its teaching, research, and scholarship is maintained and enhanced.

Failure to uphold these principles of academic integrity threatens both the reputation of the University and the value of the degrees awarded to its students. Every member of the University community therefore bears a responsibility for ensuring that the highest standards of academic integrity are upheld.

Cheating and Plagiarism

(From Spring 2010 Andy Egan 01:730:252 Eating Right): "Cheating on tests or plagiarizing materials in your papers deprives you of the educational benefits of preparing these materials appropriately. It is personally dishonest to cheat on a test or to hand in a paper based on unacknowledged words or ideas that someone else originated. It is also unfair, since it gives you an undeserved advantage over your fellow students who are graded on the basis of their own work. In this class we will take cheating very seriously".

Turnitin will be used to assess students‚ submissions and all suspected cases of cheating and plagiarism will be automatically referred to the Rutgers Academic Integrity office.

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Disability Services

The Office of Disability Services phone number is (848) 445-6800, and it is located at Lucy Stone Hall, Suite A145 Livingston Campus 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Piscataway, NJ 08854

Rutgers University welcomes students with disabilities into all of the University's educational programs. In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, a student with a disability must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation at Office of Disability Services Documentation Quidelines website. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campus's disability services office will provide you with a Letter of Accommodations. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. To begin this process, please complete the Registration Form.

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