Applications of Exploratory Experiments with Multidisciplinary Fusion in Teaching of Food Nutrition and Health Majors

Based on high-quality scientific research resources and experimental conditions of School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, experimental course of "production and quality testing of soft capsules with different functional components" is set up for newly established course of food nutrition and health．This course is a comprehensive exploratory experiment that integrates multidisciplinary knowledge in food major．It adopts an open teaching model with students as main body and teacher guidance．Students work together in groups to design their own formulas, production, packaging, quality testing, and write reports．Content of experiment is suitable for daily health care, covering many knowledge points and strong operability, which could greatly arouse students' interests in the experiment．After two years of practice, this course has achieved good teaching effect feedback and high recognition from students．