BS FOOD SCIENCE – 2005-07 Catalog
Food Science and Nutrition Department
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 244
(805) 756-2660

   o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

   o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

   * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

FSN 125 Introduction to Food Science

5

FSN 204 Food Processing Operations

4

FSN 210 Nutrition

4

FSN 250 Food/Nutrition: Customs/Culture (D4)*

4

FSN 270 Food and Wine Plant Sanitation

4

FSN 275 Principles of Food Safety & Hazard Analysis

4

FSN 311 Sensory Evaluation of Food

4

FSN 330 Intro to Principles of Food Engineering

4

FSN 334 Food Packaging

3

FSN 335 Food Quality Assurance

4

FSN 364 Food Chemistry

4

FSN 368 Food Analysis

4

FSN 374 Food Laws and Regulations

4

FSN 408 Food Comp Science and Product Dev.

4

FSN 444 Engineering Concepts in Food Processing

4

FSN 461 Senior Project I

3

FSN 462 Senior Project II

3

FSN 463 Undergraduate Seminar

1

FSN 474 Advanced Food Processing

4

Concentration courses (see below)

20-21

 

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91-92

SUPPORT COURSES

 

BIO 111 General Biology (B2 & B4)*

4

CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry or CHEM 316 Organic Chemistry I

5

CHEM 313 Survey of  Biochemistry and Biotechnology

5

ENGL 148 Reasoning, Argumentation and Professional Writing (A3)*

4

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B1)*

4

MCRO 221 Microbiology 

4

MCRO 421 Food Microbiology

4

PHYS 104 Introductory Physics

4

STAT 218 Applied Statistics/Life Sciences (B1)*

4

Advisor approved electives

9-10

 

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47-48

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 24 units are in Major/Support. (Corrected 4/28/05)

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing * 4 units in Support

0

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no additional units are required)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics  * 8 units in Support

0

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support

0

B3 Physical Science * 4 units credited in Support in Concentrations (Corrected 12/2/05)

0

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 


Area C  Arts and Humanities (20 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (20 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E) * 4 units in Major

0

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)


4

 

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48

ELECTIVES

0

 

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186

CONCENTRATIONS (select one)

Basic Food Science Concentration

 

BIO 303 Survey of Genetics

4

CHEM 127 General Chemistry (B3)*

4

CHEM 128 General Chemistry

4

MATH 161 Calculus for Life Sciences I

4

MATH 162 Calculus for Life Sciences II

4

 

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20

 

Applied Food Technology Concentration

 

CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry (B3)*

5

FSN 410 Nutritional Implications of Food Industry Practices

4

Commodity courses
Choose 3 from the following:

11-12

ASCI 209, ASCI 384, ASCI 415;

 

DSCI 231, DSCI 223, DSCI 434;

 

FSN 244, FSN 341;

 

FRSC 230, FRSC 231, FRSC 331;

 

PM 325, PM 330;

 

VGSC 230

 

 

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20-21