B.S. FOOD SCIENCE

FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 261
(805) 756-2660

Courses are displayed by Major, Support, General Education and Breadth, and Electives. 60 units must be 300-400 level.

Units

MAJOR COURSES

* = Courses satisfy General Education and Breadth requirements.

FSN 101 Orientation to Food Science and Nutrition

1

FSN 170 Introductory Food Science

4

FSN 210 Nutrition

3

FSN 209 Procurement and Use of Muscle Foods or 211 Muscle Food Science


3

FSN 217 Fundamentals of Food Processing Operations

4

FSN 301 Unit Processing Operations I

4

FSN 302 Unit Processing Operations II

4

FSN 331 Principles of Food Plant Sanitation

3

FSN 332 Statistical Quality Control

3

FSN 333 Quality Assurance in Food Industries

4

FSN 336 Food Packaging

3

FSN 338 Further Processing of Muscle Foods

3

FSN 339 Cereal Science and Processing

3

FSN 407 Food Composition Science

4

FSN 409 Sensory Evaluation of Food

4

FSN 431 Advanced Muscle Food Science

3

FSN 435 Food Engineering

4

FSN 436 Food Laws and Regulations

3

FSN 437 Advanced Food Processing

4

FSN 439 Food Analysis

4

FSN 461 Senior Project

3

FSN 462 Senior Project

3

FSN 463 Undergraduate Seminar

2

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SUPPORT COURSES

* = Courses satisfy General Education and Breadth requirements.

AG 250 Computer Applications in Agriculture (F1)*

3

BACT 221 General Bacteriology (B1b)*

4

BACT 421 Food Microbiology

4

CHEM 121 General Chemistry (B1a)*

4

CHEM 122 General Chemistry (B1a)*

4

CHEM 326 Survey of Organic Chemistry

4

CHEM 328 Biochemistry

4

DSCI 231 General Dairy Manufacturing

4

1 MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B2)*

4

PHYS 104 Introductory Physics (B1a)*

4

STAT 211 Elementary Probability and Statistics (B.2)*

3

Animal science adviser approved elective

3

Business adviser approved elective

3

Plant science adviser approved elective

4

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GENERAL EDUCATION AND BREADTH

For selection of GEB electives, see current Catalog or Class Schedule.
At least 9 units must be 300-400 level.

Area A:

14

ENGL 114 (A1)

ENGL 125/PHIL 125/SPC 125 (A2)

SPC 201/SPC 202 (A3)

ENGL 215 or ENGL 218 (A4)

Area B:

0

A minimum of 18 units is required; 18 of the units are in Support

Physical sciences (B1a)* see Support Courses

Life sciences (B1b)* see Support Courses

Mathematics/statistics (B2)* see Support courses

Area C:

18

PHIL 230 or PHIL 231 (C1)

Critical reading electives (C1) (C1)

Fine and performing arts elective (C2)

Literature, philosophy, arts elective (300-400) (C3)

Arts and humanities elective (Area C)

Area D:

18

HIST 202 (USCP) or HIST 204 (D1)

POLS 210 (D1)

HIST 315 (D2)

ECON 201/211/222 (D3)

Social institutions elective (100-200) (D4a)

Social institutions elective (300-400) (D4b)

Area E:

3

A minimum of 5 units is required; 2 of the units are in Support

PSY 201/PSY 202 (E1)

Self development (E2)* see Major Courses

Area F:

0

A minimum of 3 units is required; 3 of the units are in Support

Computer literacy (F1)* see Support Courses

Total GEB

A minimum of 76 units is required; 23 of the units are in Major and Support

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ELECTIVES

 

9

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  1. MATH 116 and 117 will substitute for MATH 118 and are taught at a slower pace for those who need more review. MATH 117 will satisfy GEB area B.2.

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08/19/97