NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 食品產業專題(6451)
(Eng.) Seminar on Food Industry
Offering Dept Graduate Institute of Bio-Industry Management
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher YANG SHANG-HO
Department Graduate Institute of Bio-Industry Management/Graduate Language English Semester 2026-SPRING
Course Description The FOOD industry has been highly developed because there are more requests from consumers for varieties, benefits, values, and demand. Everyone needs food for maintaining their live and health, so food industry does not only focus on demand, but also does interest on production method, plantation environment, and even the treatment of raising animals. This course will emphasize on the understanding of food industry and further to discuss the relevant literature papers. Especially, this course will help to train students how to search relevant literature papers efficiently and introduce how to cite papers in their writing.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1. 培養學生具備食品產業的專業技能
2. 加強學生在食品產業的問題分析與邏輯推理能力
3. 針對當週課程主題,老師與學生提供相關文獻討論
Discussion
Lecturing
Visit
Assignment
Written Presentation
Oral Presentation
Attendance
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Course Introduction
Week 2 Local food and consumption behavior
Week 3 Eating behavior and consumption behavior
Week 4 Living style and food consumption behavior
Week 5 Supermarket channels and consumer behavior
Week 6 Conventional market channels and consumer behavior
Week 7 Food retailing channels and food industry
Week 8 Eat out and consumer behavior
Week 9 Staple food and global grain markets
Week 10 mid-term report
Week 11 Food safety concern and consumer behavior
Week 12 Agri-food market channels and consumer behavior
Week 13 The influence of food waste consciousness and circular economics
Week 14 Organic food and consumer behavior
Week 15 High nutrition and health protected food and consumer behavior
Week 16 GMO Food Industry and Market Development GMO Food Industry and Consumer behavior Final Report
self-directed
learning

Evaluation
討論(25%)、作業(15%)、報告(40%)、出席(20%)
Textbook & other References
西文(SSCI、SCI)期刊
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Office Hours
Send E-mail before you come (bruce.yang@nchu.edu.tw)
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
include experience courses:N
Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please respect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day:None Printed Date, year/month/day:2026 / 1 / 09
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