Food Production (TOUR307) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Food Production TOUR307 3 0 0 3 6
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Gonca Güzel Şahin
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to understand of the complex and challenging public health issue of food security.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To define the concepts of food security and describe how food systems relate to public health.
  • To describe how diet, food production, the environment, equity, population and resources inter-relate to impact each other and ultimately human health.
  • To describe factors that have helped shape the current food system
  • To examine the role of Revenue Management and its application within the Rooms Division department
  • To identify three to five opportunities and challenges to encourage dietary behavior change, support sustainable agriculture, improve food security and lessen the environmental and public health impact of food production and consumption.
Course Content The connections among diet, the current food and food animal production systems, the environment and public health, factors such as economics, population and equity.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Basic concepts, Cuisine organizations and job descriptions Chapter 1
2 Cuisine characteristics, cuisine equipments, basic cooking methods Chapter 2
3 Characteristics of garnishes and varieties Chapter 3
4 Characteristics of salads and varieties Chapter 4
5 Characteristics of main courses and varieties Chapter 5
6 Characteristics of first courses and varieties Chapter 6
7 Mid-Term Mid-Term
8 Hygeine of food and personnel Chapter 8
9 Diseases transmitted by water and food Chapter 9
10 Preparation of garnish varieties and salad varieties Chapter 10
11 Preparation of first courses, Preparation of main courses. Chapter 11
12 Preparation of garnish varieties and salad varieties Chapter 12
13 Preparation of first courses, Preparation of main courses Chapter 13
14 Preparation of garnish varieties and salad Chapter 14
15 Review Review
16 Final Exam Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Zushe. Yosef Blech. (2008), Food Production, 2nd Ed. Wiley Blackwell, Iowa.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 20
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 35
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 45
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 55
Percentage of Final Work 45
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 The skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts of tourism management X
2 Analyzing and designing management techniques and practices in tourism organizations X
3 Understanding the planning, organizing, executing, coordinating and control functions of tourism management, along with explanation and implementation of them X
4 Understanding the strategic, tactical and operational dimensions of the tourism management X
5 Ability to use the modern techniques and technological devices of tourism industry X
6 Improving the ability to effectively implement the knowledge and skills in alternative tourism areas X
7 Concentrating practice along with theoretical frame of tourism management X
8 Developing the skills of communication X
9 Understanding the trends in the tourism industry X
10 Having the quality consciousness in the tourism industry X
11 Adopting work ethic and social responsibility in the tourism industry X
12 Ability to effectively implement the business knowledge and skills in at least one of the following fields: service, marketing, finance, human resources and accounting in tourism management X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory 16 3 48
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 5 5
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 116