Application for choosing disciplines for food and biotech industry students

University of Food Technology, 26 Maritza Blvd, Plovdiv 4002, Bulgaria

^* Corresponding author: m_jekova@uft-plovdiv.bg

Abstract

Despite the multiple ways of communication between students and lecturers, the implementation of a course selection application contributes to the timely awareness of students about the subjects they will study in the curriculum, as well as facilitates lecturers in storing and managing the data obtained. The purpose of the research is to develop a web-based application that automates choosing disciplines from an elective block for the needs of students in the food and biotech industries. To achieve this goal, the logical processes in the choice of study disciplines by food industry students were investigated, the existing techniques and technologies for creating web apps were analyzed, tools were selected for the specific implementation, appropriate disciplines were selected related to the researched area, the database was built, the client interface was made (including responsive design), as well as the functionality of the system and numerous tests and experiments. The application has been tested with students studying biotechnology disciplines and the experiments performed demonstrate the main functionalities of the application and prove its reliability. Validations help to avoid misuse and limit the application to be used only by graduates of the University of Food Technology – students in the food and biotech industry.