Course Information
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
 
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
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
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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)
 
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 
 
Progress
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