Nutrition & Food Sciences, B.S.

Semester 1

• CRITICAL: “C” or better in ENGL 1001 .

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• ENGL 1001 English Composition (3)
• BIOL 1201 Biology for Science Majors I (3)
• BIOL 1208 Biology Laboratory for Science Majors I (1)
• MATH 1550 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
• CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3)

Semester 2

• CRITICAL: CHEM 1201 .

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• BIOL 1202 Biology for Science Majors II (3)
• BIOL 1209 Biology Laboratory for Science Majors II (1)
• CHEM 1202 General Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 1212 General Chemistry Laboratory (2)
• HUEC 1000 Human Ecology as a Profession (3)
• HUEC 1110 Introduction to Nutritional Sciences (3)

Semester 3

• CRITICAL: BIOL 1201 .

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• BIOL 2051 General Microbiology (4)
• CHEM 2060 Survey of Organic Chemistry (3)

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• AGEC 2003 Introduction to Agricultural Economics (3) or
• ECON 2030 Economic Principles (3)

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• HUEC 2112 Human Lifecycle Nutrition (3)
• Elective (3)

Semester 4

• CRITICAL: MATH 1550 ; FDSC 2000 .

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• ENGL 2000 English Composition (3)
• EXST 2201 Introduction to Statistical Analysis (4)
• FDSC 2000 Fundamentals of Food Science (3)
• Electives (6)

Semester 5

• CRITICAL: CHEM 1202 ; ENGL 2000 .

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• BIOL 2083 The Elements of Biochemistry (3)
• FDSC 3000 Food Safety (3)
• FDSC 4070 Food Laws, Standards and Regulations (2)
• FDSC 4095 Principles of Sensory Evaluation of Foods (4)
• PHYS 2001 General Physics (3)

Semester 6

• CMST 2060 Public Speaking (3)
• FDSC 4005 Food Engineering Systems (3)
• FDSC 4162 Food Microbiology (4)
• General Education course - Social Sciences (3)
• Elective (2)

Semester 7

• FDSC 3999 Food Science and Technology Seminar (1)
• FDSC 4060 Food Chemistry (4)
• FDSC 4075 Food Preservation (3)
• General Education course - Arts (3)
• General Education course - Humanities (3)

Semester 8

• FDSC 4040 Quality Assurance in the Food Industry (4)
• FDSC 4050 Food Composition and Analysis (4)
• FDSC 4076 Food Product Development (3)
• General Education course - Humanities (3)

120 Total Sem. Hrs.

The Food Science and Technology concentration offers pre-med and non-pre-med options. Students choosing the non-pre-med option should take 11 hours of general electives. Students wishing to pursue the pre-med option should take CHEM 2262, CHEM 2364, PHYS 2108, PHYS 2002, PHYS 2109, and one hour of general electives.

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