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BS Major Requirements

For convenience in program planning, the usual courses taken to satisfy the requirements are shown in parentheses. Equivalent or more comprehensive courses maybe taken with the advisor's approval.

 Units 
 English Composition Requirements

0-8 

 See College requirement 
  

Preparatory Subject Matter

52 (62) 

English 102F, 104A or 104E (if not already taken to satisfy college English requirement) 

(4) 

Calculus: (MAT 16A-16B-16C) 

Biological Sciences: (BIS 1A-1C)

10 

General Chemistry: (CHE 2A-2B-2C) 

15 

Organic Chemistry (see option for requirement)
Physics: (7A-7B-7C)

12

Food Science and Society: FST 1and/or FST 10 (both recommended but not required)

(3-6)

Introduction to Food Science and Technology: FST 50

3

Nutrition: (NUT 10) (or approved substitute)

3

  
 Breadth/General Education

24

 Satisfaction of General Education requirements plus social science and humanities electives to total 24 units.

24

 Depth Subject Matter

50

General Biochemistry: BS 102-103 6
Statistics: AMR 1204
 Food Composition: FST 100A4
 Food Composition Lab: FST 1012
 Food Properties: FST 100B4
 Food Properties Lab: FST 101B2
 Food Analysis: FST 103
 Food Microbiology: FST 1043
 Food Microbiology Lab: FST 104L4
 Food Engineering: FST 110A-110B6
 Food Engineering Laboratory: ABT 110L2
 Food Sensory Science: FST 127 or FST 1074
 Food Product Development: FST 1604
 Food Science Seminar: FST 1901
  
 See options for additional requirements and restricted electives27-40
 Unrestricted ElectiveVaries with Option
  
 Total Units for the Degree 180

Select one of the options listed below 
Food Technology OptionBrewing Science Option
Food Business Management OptionConsumer Food Science Option
Food Chemistry OptionFood Biochemistry Option
Food Biology/MicroBiology Option