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) | 9 |
| 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 120 | 4 |
| Food Composition: FST 100A | 4 |
| Food Composition Lab: FST 101 | 2 |
| Food Properties: FST 100B | 4 |
| Food Properties Lab: FST 101B | 2 |
| Food Analysis: FST 103 | 4 |
| Food Microbiology: FST 104 | 3 |
| Food Microbiology Lab: FST 104L | 4 |
| Food Engineering: FST 110A-110B | 6 |
| Food Engineering Laboratory: ABT 110L | 2 |
| Food Sensory Science: FST 127 or FST 107 | 4 |
| Food Product Development: FST 160 | 4 |
| Food Science Seminar: FST 190 | 1 |
| See options for additional requirements and restricted electives | 27-40 |
| Unrestricted Elective | Varies with Option |
| Total Units for the Degree | 180 |