Food Science (Certificate)

30 credits · Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Course (3 credits)

  • FDSC 200 Introduction to Food Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

27 credits (select no more than two 200-level courses)

  • AGRI 510 Professional Practice (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BREE 324 Elements of Food Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BREE 535 Food Safety Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • FDSC 213 Analytical Chemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 251 Food Chemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 300 Principles of Food Analysis 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 305 Food Chemistry 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 310 Post Harvest Fruit and Vegetable Technology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 315 Separation Techniques in Food Analysis 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 319 Food Commodities (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 330 Food Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 400 Food Packaging (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 405 Food Product Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 442 Food Microbiology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 495D1 Food Science Seminar (1.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 495D2 Food Science Seminar (1.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 515 Enzymology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 516 Flavour Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 519 Advanced Food Processing (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • FDSC 520 Biophysical Chemistry of Food (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FDSC 525 Food Quality Assurance (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 536 Food Traceability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • FDSC 537 Nutraceutical Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • LSCI 211 Biochemistry 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • LSCI 230 Introductory Microbiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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