Course title |
Edible Insects |
Semester |
108-1 |
Designated for |
COLLEGE OF BIO-RESOURCES AND AGUICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY |
Instructor |
SHELOMI MATAN |
Curriculum Number |
ENT5069 |
Curriculum Identity Number |
632EU1270 |
Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
Full/Half Yr. |
Half |
Required/ Elective |
Elective |
Time |
Thursday 6,7(13:20~15:10) |
Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 80. |
Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1081ENT5069_ |
Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Association has not been established |
Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
This English language lecture series covers the science and sociology of insects as a food. Increasing media, investment, and public policy attention has been given over the years to the role insects may play in the future of food. Can eating insects really save the world from famine and environmental destruction? Are there health costs or benefits to adding insects to the diet? Will all people accept insects as food? Should we be promoting edible insects at all, and if so, how best do we do it? What species will we eat and how shall we raise them? This class examines all aspects of the edible insects question, with students taught a broad but thorough overview of the field and asked to consider questions in class about what role they think insects will play in their own food futures, and why they think this way.
Actual consumption of insects is not a required part of the class.
Articles will be made available on the class website, as a supplement to what is taught in class. This class will be open to the NTU, NTUST, and NTNU Triangle Alliance and is open to exchange students. |
Course Objective |
The goal of the class is to have students fully familiar with all aspects of edible insects and will know what directions the field is headed, such that they could go into careers in research / business / cultivation / policy / etc. on the subject should they choose to.
There will be weekly writing assignments due before the next class, and a final project due Week 17. |
Course Requirement |
No previous knowledge is required for this class. |
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. Note: Entomology Museum Building Room 209. mshelomi@ntu.edu.tw |
Designated reading |
待補 |
References |
There is no textbook, though the following resource is useful:
沒有教科書,但以下資源是有用的:
van Huis, A., van Itterbeeck, J., Klunder, H., Mertens, E., Halloran, A., Muir, G., and Vantomme, P. (2013). Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security, Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO). 9251075964
Aspiring chefs may consider:
渴望的廚師可以考慮:
Menzel, P., and D'Aluisio, F. (1998). Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects. Berkeley, CA, Ten Speed Press.
Gordon, D. G. (1998). The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook. Berkely, CA, Ten Speed Press. 0898159776 |
Grading |
No. |
Item |
% |
Explanations for the conditions |
1. |
Weekly Writing |
75% |
You will need to write a 2 page reflection essay each week. Please write in English: I cannot read Chinese and will have trouble grading! If you must write in Chinese, run it through an Online Translator |
2. |
Final Project |
25% |
All students will work on group projects and present them in front of the class on Week 17 |
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Week 1 |
9/12 |
Introduction. Cultural aspects of food. 介紹。食物的文化方面。 |
Week 2 |
9/19 |
Traditional and Modern uses of insects as food. 昆蟲作為食物的傳統和現代用途。 |
Week 3 |
9/26 |
Consumer acceptance and social factors. 消費者接受度和社會因素。 |
Week 4 |
10/03 |
Environmental benefits and ethics. 環境效益。 |
Week 5 |
10/10 |
NO CLASS! (National Day) |
Week 6 |
10/17 |
Collection of wild insects and its impacts. 野生昆蟲的採集及影響。 |
Week 7 |
10/24 |
Sustainable insect rearing methods. 永續的昆蟲飼養方法。 |
Week 8 |
10/31 |
Insects as feed, waste management. 昆蟲作為動物飼料,廢物管理。 |
Week 9 |
11/07 |
Nutrition and safety issues. 營養和安全問題。 |
Week 10 |
11/14 |
Laws, regulations, and international trade. 法律、法規和國際貿易。 |
Week 11 |
11/21 |
NO CLASS (Professor away at conference) |
Week 12 |
11/28 |
Home recipes and industrial processing. 家庭食譜和工業加工。 |
Week 13 |
12/05 |
Marketing, media, and packaging. 營銷、媒體和包裝。 |
Week 14 |
12/12 |
Honey and Beekeeping. 蜂蜜和養蜂。 |
Week 15 |
12/19 |
Other insect products. 其他昆蟲產品。 |
Week 16 |
12/26 |
Medicinal insects. 藥用昆蟲 |
Week 17 |
1/02 |
Presentation of Final Projects! 最終項目 |
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