Curricula

Objectives

To know the basic ingredients, production methods and producing areas for the most important alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

To be able to provide information and advice about the alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to customers and staff in hospitality business and alcohol sales.

To understand the sustainability issues relating to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

To be able to produce analytical tasting notes of wines using industry recognized tasting terms.

To be able to reflect one's own learning process.

Content

Most important grape varieties, wine producing areas and wine styles.
Basic knowledge about brewery products, strong alcoholic beverages, and non-alcoholic beverages.
Sustainability relating to production of different alcoholic beverages.

Time and location

Lectures at C112 Wine Lab
Company visits

Learning materials and recommended literature

Study materials are in the Moodle environment:
- Lecture materials
- Videos
- Assignments

Bartley, T. (2015). Looking behind the label: Global industries and the conscientious consumer. Indiana University Press. E-book.
Wine and Spirit Education Trust 3 minutes Wine School videos
Aho, Kimmo; Autti, Niko &; Siitonen, Timo. 2009. Mikosta mestariksi –baarityön käsikirja
Aho, Kimmo & Salminen, Samu. 2013. Kaikkien aikojen drinkit
Lehtinen, Anikó. 2014. Yks olut
Salmi, Mikko. 2019. Olut!: kotimaiset panimot ja oluet

Teaching methods

Lecturing
Sensory assessment
Self-study
Group working
Cocktail preparation
Learning diary
Peer evaluation

Practical training and working life connections

Company visits
During the course, you will get to know the topics through guest lecturers working in working life.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

There is no exam in the course

Alternative completion methods

Credit transfer (substitution and inclusion).
Identification and recognition of otherwise acquired skills.
Studying.
More detailed instructions can be found in the degree rule and in the study guide.

Student workload

135 h in total, of which:
48 h classroom learning
87 h group and independent work

During the course, group work is carried out, in which a responsible restaurant concept is created and the corresponding beverage list plan with justifications.

The student evaluates his/her own learning in the learning diary throughout the course, especially on the basis of the contents of the sensory evaluation lectures.

Content scheduling

Main themes:
Wines
Mild beverages and brewery products
Strong alcoholic beverages and cocktails
Non alcoholic beverages
Sustainability as a whole phenomenon in beverage production

Further information for students

Evaluation from scale 0-5 consists of group assignment and learning diary:
1. Group assignment (70 %)
2. Learning diary (30%)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

1 student knows the subject partly. S/he does not have a clear understanding about the importance of the alcoholic beverages for the hospitality business.
2 Student knows the subject satisfactory. S/he has a basic understanding for the importance of the alcoholic beverages for the hospitality business.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

3 Student's knowledge and skills are on a good level. S/he understands the importance of the alcoholic beverages for the hospitality business.
4 student's knowledge and skills are on a very good level. One knows how to implement the knowledge and understands the subject as a whole.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

5 student has a high-level of knowledge and skills about the subject and s/he has an ability to implement the knowledge into the subject very detailed.