Program Overview
The GradCert Sustainable Food Processing equips students with knowledge and skills for sustainable food production, aiming to minimize environmental impact while producing high-quality, safe, and nutritious foods. Emphasizing academic excellence and professional integrity, the program offers a diverse range of assessment methodologies and learning environments to cater to professionals and recent graduates in food-related fields. Its focus on academic excellence, success skills, and diverse learning and assessment approaches prepares students for a range of careers in sustainable food processing.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The GradCert Sustainable Food Processing is a part-time graduate certificate program designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to the sustainable processing of food. The program emphasizes academic excellence in the scientific discipline of sustainable food processing, fostering the development of critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills. It also promotes professional integrity and ethical values.
Assessment:
The program utilizes a diverse range of assessment methodologies to evaluate student learning, including:
- Essays
- Multiple choice tests
- Oral tests
- Assignments
- Presentations
- Practical books
- Laboratory research
Teaching:
The program offers learning opportunities in various environments, including:
- E-classroom and practical sessions
- E-learning
- Self-directed projects
Careers:
The program is designed to cater to individuals working in the food industry who are seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in sustainable food processing. It is also suitable for recent graduates with a BSc in related fields, such as Science, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Environmental Sciences, who wish to differentiate themselves in the job market.
Other:
The program emphasizes the importance of:
- Academic excellence: The program values academic excellence in the scientific discipline of sustainable food processing.
- Success skills: The program focuses on developing success skills in critical thinking, communication, interaction (teamwork, leadership, networking, interpersonal skills), and a commitment to the highest standards of professional integrity and ethical values.
- Diverse learning environments: The program provides learning opportunities in a variety of environments, including e-classroom and practical sessions, e-learning, and self-directed projects.
- Diverse assessment methodologies: The program assesses students using a diverse range of methodologies, including essays, multiple choice tests, oral tests, assignments, presentations, practical books, and laboratory research.
