TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This teaching course aims to provide students with fundamentals of biochemistry and, with them, the knowledge of the biological, chemical and nutritional properties of the main classes of compounds that form the basis of agricultural products.
The main objectives of this course are:
- provide a basic understanding of the chemical-physical and biological properties of the main compounds (amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins) contained in food, or food-derived;
- illustrate the basic concepts of enzymatic kinetics and bioenergetics in order to explain, on a scientific basis, the way in which the metabolic reactions can take place in living organisms, at very high rate.
- understand the logic of the main metabolic pathways, the interconnections between them, their regulation and the relative energy balance.
Educational objectives
1) knowledge and understanding: at the end of the course associated with individual study efforts, the student will acquire adequate knowledge of the physico-chemical properties and chemical reactivity of the main biomolecules present in food and their impact on the food sector
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course and following the commitment of individual study, the student will achieve an adequate preparation which, together with the other more specific knowledge that he will acquire later on, will allow him to apply the knowledge acquired to analyse and predict the possible interactions between the constituents present and their modifications in a food matrix subjected to various types of deliberate transformations or alterations (applying knowledge and understanding)
3) Making judgments: the attendance of the course and individual study efforts will enable the student to operate in autonomy of judgment also through critical consultation and comparison of teaching materials of various types and to critically analyze data inherent to production processes
4) Communication skills: at the end of the course associated with an individual study commitment, the student will be able to communicate the knowledge acquired using appropriate terminology and will be able to interact positively and exchange information with interlocutors of the same cultural background.
5) Learning skills: indications also derived from the attendance of the course will allow the student to promote his/her self-updating by finding problem-solving elements through the targeted consultation of information channels derived from scientific literature and from accredited websites