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FCOS 101 — Introduction to Foods and Nutrition
Family and Consumer Sciences · University of Ghana
Fundamental knowledge of food preparation methods, cookery terms and basic measuring techniques; Introduction to kitchen and laboratory appliances and their uses. Safety measures in the laboratory and kitchen; basic cooking methods, modes of heat transfer, the food groups and their functions in the body: Recommended dietary allowance and planning daily meals.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 100
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FCOS 102 — Scope & Philosophy of Family & Consumer Sciences
- FCOS 103 — Introduction to Textile Fibres & Fabrics
- FCOS 104 — Introduction to Family Resource Management
- FCOS 201 — Child & Adolescent Development
- FCOS 202 — Introduction to Fashion Design
- FCOS 203 — Task Performance Management
- FCOS 204 — Adult Development
- FCOS 206 — Principles of Foods
- FCOS 208 — Human Physiology
- FCOS 212 — Concepts of Family Resource Management
- FCOS 214 — Foundations of Early Childhood Education
- FCOS 300 — Family & Consumer Sciences Internship
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).