HSN223 - Sensory Evaluation of Food

Year:	2026 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Geelong (Waurn Ponds) (blended learning)
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Cohort rule:	This unit is only available to students enrolled in D301, D304, D311, D321, D331, D391, H300, H315, H318 and S320 courses. Students completing H300 or D391 must also be completing the Food Studies major sequence (MJ-H000003) or minor sequence (MN-H000003). Students completing one of these courses : D304, D311, D321, D331 and S320 must also be completing the Food Science major sequence (MJ-S000098). For students enrolled in Burwood Course location - must enrol into Burwood campus unit offering. For students enrolled in Geelong Course location - can enrol into online offering or Burwood campus offering. Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to Student Adviser in Student Central. Enrolment quotas apply.
Prerequisite:	HSN104 or SLE133 or SLE155
Corequisite:	Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSN010
Incompatible with:	HSN313
Study commitment:	Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Scheduled learning activities - campus:	Burwood students: 1 x 2 hour lecture per week - 1 hour lecture, 1 hour online 2 x 2 hour seminar 3 x 2 hour practical experiences (laboratory) for the trimester. Waurn Ponds (Geelong) (blended learning) students: 1 x 2 hour lecture per week - 1 hour livestreamed, 1 hour online 2 x 2 hour seminar online 1 x 6 hour intensive practical experience (laboratory) for the trimester. This intensive practical experience (laboratory) may be held on a weekday or weekend day (i.e. Saturday or Sunday) at Burwood (Melbourne) campus.
Note:	Burwood students will need to enrol into the Burwood unit offering. Waurn Ponds students can choose one of the below two options: A. Waurn Ponds (blended learning) unit offering: attend 1 x 6 hour intensive practical experience (laboratory) that may be held on weekdays or a weekend day (i.e., Saturday or Sunday) at Burwood Melbourne campus. B. Burwood unit offering: attend 3 x 2 hour practical experiences (laboratory) at Burwood during the trimester. Geelong students who choose to enrol into the Burwood unit offering can only do so if there is capacity and via a manual enrolment request.

Content

Sensory evaluation is a tool used to measure human response to a variety of stimuli. Students gain knowledge on the types of sensory evaluation methods that are commonly used and application of the methods in both product development and human nutrition. Students develop skills in implementing and analysing basic sensory tests. Topics include: discrimination testing, descriptive analysis, hedonic testing, individual differences in perception, food quality perception, and product development. Knowledge and skills obtained through this unit are important for students who seek employment in the food industry (e.g. product developers, brand builders, consumer marketing insight manager, and sensory panel leader), nutrition and health related organisations (e.g. Nutrition Australia) and research (e.g. market research agency, sensory and consumer scientist, food scientist and market analyst).

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