Course Schedule
The National Center
for Food Safety and Technology of the Illinois Institute of Technology
is pleased to announce the offering of the following courses:
Unless
otherwise noted, all courses are held at IIT's Moffett Campus, and available
through IIT's interactive TV sites located in various Chicagoland areas.
Fall 2008 Courses
The fall semester begins August 21, 2008 and ends December 13, 2008.
Numbers in parentheses after course description indicate class, lab and total credit hours, respectively.
FST/FPE 505 - Food Microbiology
Instructor: Stephen Grove, Ph.D.
Monday & Wednesday, 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Microorganisms of importance to food safety, spoilage and food fermentations. Principles of occurrence and control; importance of sanitation and prevention of public health problems; microbiological contaminants and methods for their detection and mechanisms of microbial inactivation.
(3-0-3)
FST/FPE 506 - Food Microbiology Laboratory
Instructor: Alvin Lee, Ph.D.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Basic microbiological techniques and safe laboratory practices. Introductory food microbiology; isolation of pathogenic bacteria and spoilage microorganisms; fermentation; environmental monitoring rapid Identification tests; sporeformers. (0-3-3) NOTE: FST/FPE 506 and will not be available through IIT's interactive TV site.
FST/FPE 524 - Fundamentals of Food Science and Technology
Instructor: Jack Cappozzo
Tuesday & Thursday, 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
This course will cover the central food science issues encountered with storage and processing of all major American food commodities including meats, grains, confections, vegetables, eggs, dairy. It will also review the relevant chemistry, physics and engineering required to understand common food-related unit operations such as drying, freezing, sterilization and radiation treatment of foods. An introduction to microbial and chemical issues of food quality and safety will also be covered. (3-0-3)
FST/FPE 593 - Seminar in Food Safety & Technology
Instructor: Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
Friday, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 100
Students attend seminars offered during the semester. Each student is also expected to give a 30 minute presentation on a topic of his/her interest or a research project on which he/she has worked.(1 credit hour)
NOTE: FST/FPE 593 will not be available through IIT's interactive TV site.
For a registration package, please contact Renee McBrien, Academic Program, phone: 708-563-8271 email: mcbrienr@iit.edu
Spring 2009 Courses
The spring semester begins January 21, 2009 and ends May 16, 2009.
Numbers in parentheses after course description indicate class, lab and total credit hours, respectively.
FST/FPE 507 - Food Analysis
Instructor: Jack Cappozzo
Tuesday &Thursday, 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Techniques for analyzing food toxins, food constituents of public health concern, intentional and unintentional food additives, modern separation and analytical techniques.
Prerequisites: chemistry, analytical chemistry. (3-0-3)
FST/FPE 521 - Food Process Engineering
Instructor: Alfredo Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Monday & Wednesday, 5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Food engineering fundamentals, heat transfer in food processing, food rheology, freezing of foods, food dehydration, kinetics of chemical reactions in foods, refrigeration and thermal process calculations, alternative methods of food processing. (3-0-3)
FST/FPE 541 Principles of Food Packaging
Instructor: Neeraj Sharma
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Type and application of packaging materials; migration theories; food package interaction; package testing to ensure safety; special design considerations; and recycling of package materials. (3-0-3)
For a registration package, please contact Renee McBrien, Academic Program, phone: 708-563-8271 email: mcbrienr@iit.edu
Summer 2009 Courses
The summer semester begins June 1, 2009 and ends July 25, 2009.
Numbers in parentheses after course description indicate class, lab and total credit hours, respectively.
FST/FPE 504 - Food Biotechnology
Instructor: Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
Monday & Wednesday, 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Introduction of biotechnology in the food industry including genetic engineering of microorganisms. Fundamentals of microbial genomics and proteomics. Practice of a variety of software and bioinformatics tools including database search, sequence alignment, phylogenetic and cluster analyses, gene prediction, genomic map construction, structural and functional prediction of proteins. Application of DNA fingerprinting techniques in food safety and public health.
Prerequisite: Biology or Microbiology (3-0-3)
FST/FPE 522 - Advanced Food Process Engineering
Instructor: Alfredo Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Tuesday & Thursday, 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Moffett Campus, Room 216
Process calculations for food processing methods such as canning, aseptic processing, ohmic heating, microwave processing and pulsed energy processing. Extrusion techniques in food processing and discussion of new food processing techniques and safety implications.
Prerequisite: FST 521 or permission of the instructor (3-0-3)
For a registration package, please contact Renee McBrien, Academic Program, phone: 708-563-8271 email: mcbrienr@iit.edu
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