COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GMS 3050 MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Gastronomy And Culinary Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÖZDE TÜRKÖZ BAKIRCI

Offered to

Gastronomy And Culinary Arts

Course Objective

Acquiring knowledge about molecular gastronomy and the applications provide.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the science of molecular gastronomy
2   Having information about the chemicals used in molecular gastronomy
3   Learning and applying the technique of liquid nitrogen
4   Having knowledge about foam and caviar applications
5   Learning and implementation of molecular bonds

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding the molecular gastronomy
2 Understanding the molecular gastronomy
3 Chemical and properties used in molecular gastronomy
4 Chemical and properties used in molecular gastronomy
5 Chemical and properties used in molecular gastronomy
6 Liquid Nitrogen features and applications
7 Liquid Nitrogen features and applications / Midterm
8 Liquid Nitrogen features and applications / Midterm
9 Liquid Nitrogen features and applications
10 Liquid Nitrogen features and applications
11 Foam and caviar applications
12 Foam and caviar applications
13 Learning and application of molecular bonding
14 Learning and application of molecular bonding
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Mehmet Sarıışık, Uluslararası Gastronomi, Detay Yayıncılık, 2015
Barham P. Ve diğerleri (2010) Molecular Gastronomy: A New Emerging Scientific Discipline

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 3 2 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54