Department of Food Science, Ontario Agricultural College

Major (Honours Program) 

Students may enter this major in Semester 1 or any semester thereafter. A student wishing to declare the major may wish to consult the Faculty Advisor.

Students lacking Grade 12 or 4U Biology, Chemistry or Physics should follow the revised schedule of study for this major found at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/bsc/revised_SS/.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 1
BIOL*1090	Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology	0.50
CHEM*1040	General Chemistry I	0.50
MATH*1080	Elements of Calculus I	0.50
PHYS*1080	Physics for Life Sciences	0.50
0.50 Liberal Education electives 1		0.50
Semester 2
BIOL*1080	Biological Concepts of Health	0.50
CHEM*1050	General Chemistry II	0.50
MATH*1090	Elements of Calculus II	0.50
PHYS*1070	Physics for Life Sciences II	0.50
0.50 Liberal Education electives		0.50
Semester 3
BIOC*2580	Introduction to Biochemistry	0.50
CHEM*2880	Physical Chemistry	0.50
FOOD*2150	Introduction to Nutritional and Food Science	0.50
MICR*2420	Introduction to Microbiology	0.50
0.50 electives		0.50
Semester 4
FOOD*2100	Communication in Food Science	0.50
FOOD*2620	Food Engineering Principles	0.50
NUTR*3210	Fundamentals of Nutrition	0.50
STAT*2040	Statistics I	0.50
0.50 electives		0.50
Semester 5
FOOD*3030	Food Chemistry I	0.50
FOOD*3160	Food Processing I	0.75
FOOD*3230	Food Microbiology	0.75
0.50 electives		0.50
Semester 6
FOOD*3040	Food Chemistry II	0.50
FOOD*3170	Food Processing II	0.50
FOOD*3260	Industrial Microbiology	0.50
FOOD*3700	Sensory Evaluation of Foods	0.50
0.50 electives		0.50
Semester 7
FOOD*4190	Advanced Food Analysis	0.50
FOOD*4260	Food Product Development I	0.50
1.50 electives		1.50
Semester 8
FOOD*4270	Food Product Development II	0.50
2.00 electives		2.00

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CIS*1200 Introduction to Computing, rather than a Liberal Education credit is recommended for those needing to improve their computer skills.

Notes:

1. ENGL*1030 Effective Writing is recommended for those students needing to improve their English grammar.
2. FOOD*2150 Introduction to Nutritional and Food Science could be replaced by FOOD*2010 Principles of Food Science with permission of the Faculty Advisor.
3. Of the 6.50 electives credits:
   1. A least 2.00 credits must be Liberal Education electives.
   2. At least 2.00 must be from list of Restricted electives.
   3. At least 1.00 must be from additional Science electives (1.50 if MCS*3010 Quality Management is chosen as a Restricted Elective)

Restricted Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FOOD*4070	Food Packaging	0.50
FOOD*4090	Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals	0.50
FOOD*4110	Meat and Poultry Processing	0.50
FOOD*4220	Topics in Food Science	0.50
FOOD*4230	Research in Food Science	0.50
FOOD*4310	Food Safety Management Systems	0.50
FOOD*4400	Dairy Processing	0.50
FOOD*4520	Utilization of Cereal Grains for Human Food	0.50
IAEF*3500	Experiential Education	0.50
MCS*3010	Quality Management	0.50
POPM*4040	Epidemiology of Food-borne Diseases	0.50
UNIV*3140	Flexible Internship in Agri-Food	0.50

Credit Summary

(20.00 Total Credits)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
1st year science required		4.00
Required in semesters 3-8		9.50
Restricted Electives		2.00
Liberal Education Electives		2.00
Additional Science electives (See Note 3 above)		1.00-1.50
Free electives (See Note 3 above)		1.00-1.50
Total Credits		20

Students not in the Food Science Major who are seeking further study in Food Science are encouraged to consider the Certificate in Food Science. See Special Study Opportunities, Chapter XI of the Calendar.