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Shelf-life of Cosmetics (5 cr)

Code: PK00BW43-3001

General information


Enrollment

27.11.2023 - 03.12.2023

Timing

09.01.2024 - 29.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Tikkurila, service

Campus

Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Kauneudenhoito- ja kosmetiikka-alan koulutus (PKV2), Laurea Tikkurila (Finnish)

Teachers

  • Mila Andersén

Teacher in charge

Teija Hyppönen-Paloheimo

Groups

  • PKV223KAM
    Kauneudenhoito- ja kosmetiikka-alan koulutus, monimuotototeutus, K23, Tikkurila

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- justify the significance of microbiology in the manufacture, preservation and use of cosmetics and identify the risks of deficient hygiene in the operating environments of the cosmetics sector thereby knowing how to prevent those risks
- recognise key ingredients that have an effect on the microbiological or chemical self life of a cosmetics product in the list of ingredients: preservatives and antioxidants
- describe the operating principles of ingredients that have an effect on shelf life

Grading scale

H-5