Knowledge and understanding: main qualitative characteristics of crops; presentation of methods of intervention for their improvement and of the main molecular / biochemical procedures for their traceability in food matrices; reading and critically interpret scientific and divulgative papers
Applying knowledge and understanding: although in the course is focused mainly on cereal crops, the knowledge acquired is applicable to different agricultural crops
Making judgements: the acquired knowledge, together with the critical review of scientific articles, allows to have autonomous judgment skills
Communication skills: during lessons the students are involved in giving answers to teacher's questions so that they can develop their communication skills
Learning skills: the theoretical bases of the different technologies presented in class are provided and, for some of them, also the practical bases, through laboratory exercises. In addition, the critical capacity is developed through the exposure of case studies, also required in the final exam