Subject description for 2024/25
Nutrients and bioresources
BIO1007
Subject description for 2024/25
Nutrients and bioresources
BIO1007
The course deals with feed and feed analyses. You will learn about sources of nutrients and about sustainable (circular) use of nutrients for food, feed and bioenergy.
The course contains such themes as the main nutrients, structure, classification, and properties, sources of nutrients, sustainable of nutrients for food and feed and relevant technologies and sustainable utilization of by-streams which appear during food manufacturing.
The subject is reserved for the study programme Bachelor's degree in Sustainable Economy and Bioproduction. Other students can get admitted if there are places available and the admission criteria are met. Contact student advisor.
Students must meet the current admission requirements for the associated study programme. The students must have passed the following courses:
- BIO1022 Biochemistry and molecular science
- KJE1000 Basic Chemistry
After completing the course, students are expected to have the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
- have knowledge on feed and feed analyses
- have knowledge of different sources of nutrients in by-products / side streams from soil, forest, and aquaculture.
- have knowledge of feed norms and insight into livestock's requirements for nutrients and feedstuffs.
- have knowledge of the nutrients that are relevant for bioenergy.
Skills
- identify relevant resources from agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture to feed and energy.
- assess which food sources are suitable for different bioprocesses for processing.
General competence
- assess the bio-raw materials that are relevant for processing into feed and energy.
- communicate key subject matter through relevant forms of expression
- exchange views on and participate in scientific discussions about circular use of nutrients.
In addition to semester fees and cost of course literature the student must have a laptop and a laboratory coat.
Compulsory
Lectures, seminars, lab exercises and project work.
The study program is evaluated annually by the students through course and study program surveys. These evaluations are part of Nord University’s quality assurance system for education.
Compound assessement, grading scale letter grades
School exam, 4 hours, comprises 70/100 of the grade.
Assignment - individual, comprises 30/100 of the grade.
Portfolio: laboratory exercises and reports. Passed/failed
Pen, ruler, up to 2 bilingual dictionaries and calculator.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
See prerequisites.
Subject language
Norwegian
Credits
7.5
Study location
Steinkjer
Teaching semesters
Spring 2025
Responsible faculty
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Course coordinator
