Purdue University PURDUE AGRICULTURE
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Title

Food Science 

Degree Level

Bachelor of Science 

Minor Code

 

Advisor's Name

Donna L. Keener 

Advisor's Phone

(765) 494-2766 

Advisor's Email

dlkeener@purdue.edu 

Information

Food science, a curriculum of the Department of Food Science, is an interdisciplinary field that applies the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering to convert agricultural commodities into edible foods and beverages through various processing steps. Food processing involves not only the foods themselves, but also the packaging, storage, and distribution of the foods. This results in many jobs in industry, government, distribution, marketing, advertising, consumer relations, and other related fields.

Credit Hours

130 

Description

Freshman Year

First Semester

(0.5) AGR 10100 (Introduction to the College of Agriculture and Purdue University)

(0.5) AGR 11800 (Introduction to Food Science Academic Programs)

(4) BIOL 11000 (Fundamentals of Biology I)

(4) CHM 1150 (General Chemistry)

(3) FS 16100 (Science of Food)

(3) MA 22300 (Introductory Analysis I)

Total Credits: 15


Second Semester

(4) BIOL 11100 (Fundamentals of Biology II)

(4) CHM 11600 (General Chemistry)

(4) ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition)

(3) MA 22400 (Introductory Analysis II)

(1) Elective

Total Credits: 16

Sophomore Year

Third Semester

(4) BIOL 22100 (Introduction to Microbiology)

(3) CHM 25500 (Organic Chemistry)

(3) COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)

(1) FS 23500 (Food Sensory Science)

(1) FS 29800 (Sophomore Seminar)

(3) STAT 30100 (Elementary Statistical Methods)

(2) Elective

Total Credits: 17


Fourth Semester

(3) BCHM 30700 (Biochemistry)

(1) BCHM 30900 (Biochemistry Laboratory)

(3) CHM 25600 (Organic Chemistry)

(2) FS 24500 (Food Packaging)

(4) PHYS 22000 (General Physics)

(3) Written or oral communication elective

Total Credits: 16

Junior Year

Fifth Semester

(1) FS 36100 (Food Plant Sanitation)

(3) FS 36200 (Food Microbiology)

(2) FS 36300 (Food Microbiology Laboratory)

(3) Economics elective

(3) Social science, humanities, or international understanding elective

(3) Written or oral communication elective

(1) Elective

Total Credits: 16


Sixth Semester

(4) CHM 22400 (Introductory Quantitative Analysis)

(3) FN 31500 (Fundamentals of Nutrition)

(3) FS 34100 (Food Processing I)

(4) FS 45300 (Food Chemistry)

(1) FS 53000 (Food Ingredient Technology)

(2) Elective

Total Credits: 17

Senior Year

Seventh Semester

(3) FS 44200 (Food Processing II)

(1) FS 44400 (Statistical Process Control)

(1) FS 48200 (Food Science Senior Seminar)

(6) Humanities electives

(6) Electives

Total Credits: 17


Eighth Semester

(1) FS 34000 (Food Regulations)

(3) FS 44300 (Food Processing III)

(4) FS 46700 (Food Analysis)

(3) Social science or humanities elective

(3) Social science or humanities elective (30000+ level)

(2) Elective

Total Credits: 16

Additional Information

 

Department

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