Food Science (FDSC), Minor
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Total Hours: 20
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | ||
| FDSC 1133 | Fundamentals of Food Science | 3 |
| Select 17 credits of the following: | 17 | |
| Principles of Animal Nutrition | ||
or NSCI 4123 | Human Nutrition and Metabolism I | |
| Principles of Food Engineering | ||
| The Meat We Eat | ||
| Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | ||
| Quality Control | ||
| HACCP in the Food Industry | ||
| Plant Sanitation for Food Processing Operations | ||
| Food Microbiology | ||
| Advanced Meat Evaluation | ||
| Advanced Competitive Evaluation | ||
| Meat Science | ||
| Food Chemistry I | ||
| Processing Dairy Foods | ||
| Internal Audit and Advanced HACCP | ||
| Pre-Harvest Food Safety | ||
| Processed Meat | ||
| Analysis of Food Products | ||
| Food Industry Internship 1 | ||
| Total Hours | 20 | |
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Credits in FDSC 3310 Advanced Competitive Evaluation and FDSC 4910 Food Industry Internship may be used for this minor only if they involve activities approved by the Food Science Advisor in advance.
Other Requirements
- A grade-point average of 2.0 for courses that count for the minor.
Additional OSU Requirements
Undergraduate Minors
- An undergraduate minor must include between fifteen and thirty hours, inclusive of undergraduate coursework.
- A minimum of six credit hours for the minor must be earned in residence at OSU.
- The courses required for a minor may be included in the course requirements for any undergraduate degree or they may be in addition to degree requirements, depending on the overlap between the minor and degree requirements. However, an undergraduate minor must be earned in an academic field other than the student's declared degree option. The minor may not duplicate the degree major or option (for example, a student who earns a BA in Art with an Art History option may earn a minor in Studio Art but not Art History).
- A student generally follows the minor requirements associated with his or her matriculation year or newer requirements that have been established since matriculation. The time limit for following requirements from a given academic year is six years.
For additional information on requirements on minors, click here.