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  Course Description
Course Name : Advanced Spoilage Indicators in Seafood

Course Code : SAİ-525

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 6

Name of Lecturer(s) : Assoc.Prof.Dr. YEŞİM ÖZOĞUL

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Learns seafood quality and factors affecting seafood quality at the level of graduate
Learns preservation of seafood quality at the level of graduate
Does analyses of nutritional composition of food
Carries out sensory, chemical and microbiological analyses of seafood

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Sensory, chemical, physical and microbiological methods used for determination of quality of seafood will be taught at the level of graduate and all these analyses during course will be carried out individually.

Course Contents : At the level of graduate, seafood freshness and factors affecting seafood quality, the methods for quality control and taking precautions to prevent quality, importance and chemical structures of seafood nutritional compounds, analyses of proximate and fatty acid composition, post-mortem chemical changes and reasons, determination and application of sensory, chemical and microbiological analyses of seafood quality, carrying out TVB-N and TBA, extraction of biogenic amines and ATP and its breakdown products, lipid oxidation (FFA and PV), microbiological spoilage and laboratory work for analyses.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classrooms at Fisheries Faculty and Laboratories (Biotechnology, Instrumental Analyses, Microbiology laboratories) belonging to Department of Seafood Processing Technology


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 İmportance and chemical structures of seafood nutritional compounds Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject Oral presentation and brainstorming
2 Seafood nutritional compounds analyses (protein, lipid, moisture, ash), giving 1st assignment for each student Laboratory preparation Laboratory work
3 Importance of fatty acids and analyses of fatty acids Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation, study for project Oral presentation and laboratory work
4 What is quality? Methods for quality control and taking precautions to prevent quality Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, study for project Oral presentation and brainstorming
5 Methods for quality control and taking precautions to prevent quality, giving assignment for each student Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, study for project Oral presentation and brainstorming
6 Post-mortem chemical changes and reasons Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, study for project Oral presentation and brainstorming
7 Sensory, chemical, physical and microbiological methods for determination of quality control, submitting projects Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, study for project Oral presentation and brainstorming
8 Midterm exam Studying for exam Written Exam
9 Sensory analyses (subjective and objective) giving 2nd assignment for each student Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation Oral presentation and laboratory work
10 Physical methods Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, study for project Oral presentation and brainstorming
11 Chemical analyses (TVB-N, TMA, pH etc.), presentation of assignment Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation, study for project Oral presentation and laboratory work, student power point presentation
12 Importance of biogenic amines and analyses, presentation of assignment Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation Oral presentation and laboratory work, student power point presentation
13 Nucleotide degradation products and their analyses, presentation of assignment Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation Oral presentation and laboratory work, student power point presentation
14 Hydrolyses and oxidation of lipid (FFA, PV analyses), presentation of assignment Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation Oral presentation and laboratory work, student power point presentation
15 Microbiological analyses, submitting projects Reading literature and lecture notes related to subject, laboratory preparation, study for project Oral presentation and laboratory work, power point presentation
16/17 Final exam Studying for exam Written Exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Ozogul, Y. (2010). Chapter 13. Methods for Freshness Quality and Deterioration. In: Handbook of Seafood and Seafood Products Analysis. (Edited by Leo M.L. Nollet and Fidel Toldra). CRC Press, Taylor &Francis Group, London. 910pp
 Lecture notes for Seafood Spoilage Indicators
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 50
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Deepens and improves the information based on university education up to expertise level in Fishing and Seafood Processing Technology 4
2 Comprehends interaction of expertise area in relation to interdisciplinary relationships 4
3 Comprehends interdisciplinary relationships between theoretical and applied information of their expertise to synthesize and to produce new information 4
4 Solves problems by using problem-solving and suitable methods, establishes cause and effect relationships in the process in his/her expertise. 4
5 Is able to carry out an independent study related to fishing and seafood processing technology and assesses the results of work. 4
6 Improves skills for independent study in their area of expertise, determinates unpredictable problems and produces methods of solutions 4
7 Accesses literature in their area of expertise and assesses knowledge and skill critically and leads to training. 5
8 Develops a positive attitude towards life long learning. 4
9 Prepares written and visual presentations with technological devices in their area of expertise 4
10 Examines and develops social relations and norms critically and changes all if necessary 4
11 Communicates both in written and verbal in one foreign language 4
12 Uses computer and communication technologies effectively for their expertise area. 4
13 Collects, assesses and publishes data related to their expertise area, cares publical, scientifical, cultural and ethicals values during data collection. 4
14 Develops strategy, politics and application plan in relation to expertise area and assesses the results obtained within the scope of quality process 4
15 Applies interdisciplinary studies with assimilated knowledge and skills for solving problem 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 4 56
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 15 30
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 15 15
    Final Exam 1 15 15
Total Workload: 144
Total Workload / 25 (h): 5.76
ECTS Credit: 6