Academic Units

Undergraduate - Food Science and Management

BS in Food Science and Management

This is a specialized three-year program offered by FAFS to prepare graduates to satisfy the needs of the food industries and establishments in the region. Graduates of this program do not receive the Diploma of Ingénieur Agricole.

Curriculum for the BS Degree in Food Science and Management1

Food Science and Management I

First Semester
Credits
BIOL 200 Diversity of Life
4
CHEM 208 Brief Survey of Organic Chemistry
3
CHEM 209 Introductory Organic Laboratory
2
ENGL 203 Academic English
3
MATH 204 Mathematics for Social Sciences II
3
   
Total
15
       
Second Semester
Credits
AGSC 212 Agricultural Economics, Principles, and Policy 3
CHEM 200 Basic Chemistry
3
CHEM 205 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory
2
ENGL 204 Advanced Academic English
3
NFSC 221 Basic Nutrition2
3
Humanities Elective  
3
   
Total
17
       

Food Science and Management II


First Semester
Credits
EDUC 227 Statistics in Education
3
MNGT 215 Management of Organizations
3
NFSC 261 Introductory Biochemistry2
3
NFSC 265 Food Chemistry
3
NFSC 267 Food Analysis2
2
NFSC 277 Food Microbiology I
3
   
Total
17
       
Second Semester
Credits
ACCT 210 Financial Accounting
3
ARAB 201A, 201B, or higher3
3
CMPS 209 Computers and Programming for the Sciences
3
NFSC 272 Introduction to Food Service and Industries
2
NFSC 278 Food Microbiology II 3
Humanities Elective
3
   
Total
17
       
Summer Session
Credits
NFSC 280 Summer Training in Food Establishments
1
   
Total
1
       

Food Science and Management III

First Semester
Credits
ACCT 215 Management Accounting
3
FINA 210 Business Finance 3
NFSC 282 Food Quality Management
3
NFSC 288 Technology of Food Products
3
Humanities Elective
3
   
Total
15
       
Second Semester
Credits
MKTG 210 The Marketing Function
3
NFSC 287 Food Processing
2
NFSC 289 Food Processing Lab
1
NFSC 291 Elements of Food Engineering
3
NFSC 296 Current Topics in Food Science and Nutrition2
1
NFSC 299 Projects in Nutrition and Food Science
2
Humanities Elective   3
   
Total
15
       

1 A minimum of 97 credits are required for graduation.
2 Course offered in fall and spring.
3 Dependent on Arabic Placement Test.

 
 
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