School: Education

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  • Unit Title

    Food Service Management
  • Unit Code

    HOS2500
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Sandy SMITH

Description

This unit develops your understanding of the principles involved in the preparation, production and presentation of selected food commodities in use within the hospitality industry whilst adhering to current legislation. The unit focuses on the theoretical aspects of a variety of cooking methods and their influence on a selection of foods. It covers nutritional values of food materials, the concepts of food quality and the sensory characteristics of food. Students are introduced to various techniques of food preparation and presentation as well as practical applications of the principles of common methods of cooking.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in Y68 in order to enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HOS1102, HOS1110, HOS2106.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the basic methods of food production.
  2. Describe the factors affecting microbial growth, the nature of food, and efficient work methods and apply these to sanitary and safe techniques of handling food.
  3. Explain and discern the sensory attributes of a range of food commodities.
  4. Explain the basic scientific principles underlying the different methods of food preparation and cooking in the production and presentation of different types of dishes.
  5. Explain the importance of legislation concerning food, safety, and sanitation in food service establishments.
  6. Identify and classify a range of food commodities.
  7. Recommend appropriate storage conditions for food items.

Unit Content

  1. Defining consumption of the food service experience from the guests' perspective.
  2. Factors contributing to food spoilage and food poisoning; basic principles of food microbiology; practices in catering intended to prevent food spoilage and food poisoning.
  3. Product and equipment recognition and identification.
  4. Food hygiene regulations and other food laws.
  5. Theoretical principles of safe and efficient work methods in food preparation.
  6. Physical and chemical structure of a range of foods and how they are affected during food preparation.
  7. Principles and techniques of food preparation, holding pre-service and presentation.
  8. Nutritional qualities and sensory characteristics of food.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

There will be thirteen weeks of three hour seminars, with theory and practical components linked throughout. Skills, techniques, and methods of food handling will be conducted in both the theory and practical seminars. A hands on teaching and learning approach is encouraged in this unit and will be enhanced through the practical applications. The skills of working effectively and productively with others in a team building environment where appropriate communication and the development of cooperation is emphasised. The assessment methods provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate critical appraisal, practical knowledge, and application of skills. Students will demonstrate knowledge through practical sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkPractical assessments60%
TestFinal test40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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