Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Health Course content

The programme is four years in duration. The course starts with basic science, developing key areas such as chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology, human nutrition and physiology, together with introductory food science and health.

In the third and fourth years there is a series of modules dealing with:

• Health and Food
• Food Chemistry
• Food Processing and Process Engineering
• Food Quality and Food Microbiology
• Food Ingredients
• Food Biotechnology
• Project Management

There are also elective modules in:

• Business Consulting
• Waste Management
• Functional Food
• Accounting

A project which is undertaken throughout the final year allows the in-depth analysis of a relevant topic that gives you the opportunity to carry out independent research.

During the Spring Semester of year three and the subsequent Summer, a period of Cooperative Education provides industrial work experience in a food or pharma enterprise.