Curriculum in Food Science
Administered by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Students select one of the following options and complete all requirements for that option: food science and technology option or food science and industry option. Courses listed below are required for all of the options, except where specified by option below.
Total Degree Requirement: 120 cr.
Students must fulfill International Perspectives and U.S. Diversity requirements by selecting coursework from approved lists. These courses may also be used to fulfill other area requirements. Only 65 cr. from a two-year institution may apply to the degree which may include up to 16 technical cr.; 9 P-NP cr. of electives; 2.00 minimum GPA.
International Perspectives: 3 cr.
U.S. Diversity: 3 cr.
Communications and Library: 10 cr.
| ENGL 150 | Critical Thinking and Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Composition | 3 |
| LIB 160 | Information Literacy | 1 |
| SP CM 212 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| Total Credits | 10 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: 6-12 cr.
| 3 |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| 6 |
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Ethics and Environmental: 3-6 cr.
| FS HN 342 | World Food Issues: Past and Present | 3 |
| 2-3 |
| Introduction to Renewable Resources | |
| Introduction to Environmental Issues | |
Mathematical Sciences: 7-12 cr.
Food science and technology option:
| 8 |
| Calculus I
and Calculus II | |
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| Calculus and Mathematical Modeling for the Life Sciences I
and Calculus and Mathematical Modeling for the Life Sciences II | |
| 3-4 |
| Principles of Statistics | |
| Introduction to Statistics | |
| Introduction to Statistics for Engineers | |
| Total Credits | 11-12 |
Food science and industry option:
| 4 |
| Survey of Calculus | |
| Calculus I | |
| Calculus and Mathematical Modeling for the Life Sciences I | |
| 3-4 |
| Principles of Statistics | |
| Introduction to Statistics | |
| Introduction to Statistics for Engineers | |
| Total Credits | 7-8 |
Physical Sciences: 13-25 cr.
Food science and technology option:
Food science and industry option:
| 5-8 |
| College Chemistry
and Laboratory in College Chemistry | |
| General Chemistry I
and Laboratory in General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry II | |
| CHEM 231 | Elementary Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 231L | Laboratory in Elementary Organic Chemistry | 1 |
| PHYS 115 | Physics for the Life Sciences | 4-5 |
| or PHYS 111 | General Physics |
| Total Credits | 13-17 |
Biological Sciences: 12-13 cr.
Food science and technology option:
Food science and industry option:
Food Science and Human Nutrition: 44 cr.
Food science and industry option:
| 6 |
| Legal Environment of Business | |
| Financial Accounting | |
| Managerial Accounting | |
| Intermediate Microeconomics | |
| Labor Economics | |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation | |
| Management of Organizations | |
| Organizational Behavior | |
| International Management | |
| Management of Diversity | |
| Management Information Systems | |
| Principles of Marketing | |
| Consumer Behavior | |
| Global Marketing | |
| Total Credits | 6 |
Electives: 0-23 cr. Select from any university coursework to earn at least 120 total credits.
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