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Course code: BBS20256o15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Analytical Methods in Ecotrophology
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr Maja Słupczyńska
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.
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – knows the issues of safe and hygienic work in laboratories [KB2_W01_BT]; W2 - knows the methods of chemical and instrumental analysis [KB2_W01_BT]; W3 - has knowledge about the methods and techniques applied in laboratories [KB2_W01_BT]; W4 – has knowledge regarding the advantages and defects of different analytical techniques [KB2_W01_BT]; W5 - has the knowledge needed to support the laboratory equipment [KB2_W01_BT]; W6 - is able to indicate the factors which can to determine the results of analytical research [KB2_W01_BT]; W7 – knows the rules of biological material managing [KB2_W01_BT]; W8 - indicates the threats arising from work with biological material W8 - makes a selection of methods to assess the content of basic nutrients, minerals and antinutritive substances [KB2_W10_BT]; W9 – defines the usefulness of application of analytical procedures of food and feedstuffs of plant and animal origin considering the requirement of the human and animals [KB2_W10_BT]; W10 - characterizes the consequences which arise from nutrients both deficiency or excess [KB2_W10_BT]. Skills: Student: U1 – assesses the risk of threats connected with work in the laboratory, with particular regard to the biological agents [KB2_U04_BC]; U2 - is responsible during the work in laboratory according to the principles of the safety and hygiene [KB2_U04_BC]; U3– is able to take the representative samples of material devoted to the laboratory research according to the planned designation [KB2_U03_BT]; U4 - performs analyses of feed and biological material of plant or animal origin [KB2_U11_BT]; U5 - uses the knowledge concerning chemical analytics of food and different feed materials [KB2_U11_BT]; U6 – uses the methods applicable in the laboratory analytics: optical, spectroscopic, electroanalytical etc. Performs the analyses using optical spectroscopic methods and atomic absorption spectroscopy AAS [KB2_U02_BT]; U7 – is able to evaluate the factors affecting the result of laboratory research avoiding both the before and post analytical errors [KB2_U01_BT]; U8 - interprets the results of the laboratory examinations on the basis of the reference values given in standards or recommendations [KB2_U01_BT]; U9 - collects and interprets analytical data and on this basis formulate conclusions [KB2_U01_BT]; U10 - is able to determine the basic nutrients, amino acids, macro- and microelements in foods and feedstuffs [KB2_U11_BT].
Competences: Social competence: Student: K1 – is working according to the principles of safe and hygienic work in analytical laboratories, showing the responsibility for the assessment of the risks arising from the used research techniques [KB2_K07]; K2 – is aware of the necessity to continuous update the knowledge about the analytical techniques used in biological research [KB2_K01]; K3 – shows the creativity and is able to determine the priorities for realization of analysis [KB2_K05]; K4 - is aware of the responsibility for the analyses realized commonly in the team [KB2_K02]; K5 – actively develops the qualifications searching for alternative method of determining of various kinds of substances in foods and feedstuffs [KB2_K01].
Prerequisites: chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology
Course content: Usefulness of application of analytics of food and feedstuffs of plant and animal origin as well as of biological material (the rumen, intestinal contents, feces, urine, blood, bones). The methods for estimation of the basic nutrients, minerals and antinutritive substances.
Recommended literature: 1. K. Heldrich (ed).: AOAC. Official Methods of Analysis of Analytical Chemists. 17th edition, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 2005 2. Wisniowska B, Lipiński W. (red.).: Ocena składu chemicznego roślin. Oddzial Krakowski Polskiego Towarzystwa Inżynierii Ekologicznej Krajowa Stacja Chemiczno-Rolnicza, Kraków-Warszawa-Wrocław, 2007. 3. Minczewski J., Marczenko Z.: Chemia analityczna. Podstawy teoretyczne i analiza jakościowa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2010 4. Namieśnik J., Łukasiak J., Jamrógiewicz Z.: „Pobieranie próbek środowiskowych do analizy”, Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne, Warszawa 1995 5. Króliczek A.: Chemia w produkcji zwierzęcej. 1987 6. Gawęcki J., Hryniewiecki L.: Żywienie człowieka. Podstawy nauki o żywieniu. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2005 7. Gawęcki J., Jerzka J.: Żywienie ludzi – ćwiczenia. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2001.
Assessment methods: Assessment of tutorials: 1 written test that will be evaluated, current assessment of the progress in learning and activity (on the basis of approved exercises – report from each completed exercise – related to the practical problem and student's comments). For approval of the practical part, the student is obliged to deliver all reports and to obtain a positive evaluation from the test. The participation in the exercises is obligatory; the student can have only one unjustified absence. In
Comment: specialization: Laboratory Techniques in Biology