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Course code: BBS10151f14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Ecotrophology - Nourishment of Different Groups of Animals and Human
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Dr hab.Janusz Orda
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students. Contact person: dr inz. Barbara Król
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: student has the wide, exceeding the middle school level, knowledge on the differences in the chemical composition of vegetable and animal origin food existing in the different environmental conditions; student knows the substantial ecological dependencies in self-nutrition of animals. He/she evaluates the anthropopressive impact of human - a consumer of food - on functioning of the Earth ecosystems; student knows the principles of human nutrition management. Skills: student proficiently carries the calculations of nutritive value of meals for different groups of human population; student explains the interactions between producers and consumers at the different levels in the ecosystems; student has the ability to prepare an report on the nutritional status of the definite person.
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): student is sensitive to the nature and care about the quality and future of natural environment.
Prerequisites: none
Course content: Transfer of substantial information on the biochemistry and physiology of animal and human nutrition; on the requirement of different species and groups of animals and human for nutrients, on the characteristics of the groups and types of feed and food, contents of antinutritive substances as well as providing of the substantial information on the metabolic disturbances in people and animals.
Recommended literature: 1.Jarosz M., Bułhak-Jachymczyk B./red./: Normy żywienia człowieka. PZWL. Warszawa 2011 2.Kunachowicz K i wsp.: Wartość odżywcza wybranych produktów spożywczych i typowych potraw. PZWL. Warszawa 2011 3.Robins Ch.T.: Wildlife feeding and nutrition. Academic Ptress. San Diego 1998
Assessment methods: Individual approval of the tasks realised during exercises. The participation in the exercises is compulsory. In the case of justified absence the student is obliged to charge the relevant part of the knowledge and to approve the task at the additional term or at the consultation mode. The final note follows from the evaluation of the self-performed work on the nutrition of definite person. The course ends with the exercise approval.
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