Food Science: Business, Pre-Law, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2026-2027. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q) | ||
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra (Q) 1 | 3 |
| or MATH 1483 | Mathematical Functions and Their Uses (Q) | |
| STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (Q) 1 | 3 |
| or STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (Q) | |
| Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 3 | |
| Courses designated (DH) | 3 | |
| Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course | ||
| Select four hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Introductory Biology (N) and Introductory Biology Laboratory (LN) 1 | ||
| Introductory Biology (LN) 1 | ||
| Any course designated (N) | 2 | |
| Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1 | 3 |
| Diversity (D) | ||
| Courses designated (D) | ||
| May be paired with another designated course | ||
| Global Cultural Competency (G) | ||
| Courses designated (G) | 3 | |
| May be paired with another designated course | ||
| Additional General Education | ||
| Additional general education credit hours (at least 4 hours) are required to meet the total 40-hour minimum. If courses carry more than one general education designation and can be used to meet multiple minimum general education designation hours above, more than 4 hours of additional general education will be required here to meet the 40-hour minimum. | ||
| Courses designated (Q), (H), (N), (S), (D), (G), or (F). | 4 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) 2 | 1 |
| ANSI 2111 | Animal and Food Science Professional Development 2 | 1 |
| ANSI 2233 | The Meat We Eat 2 | 3 |
| or ANSI 2253 | Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | |
| FDSC 1133 | Fundamentals of Food Science 2 | 3 |
| CHEM 1215 | Chemical Principles I (LN) 3 | 4 |
| or CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | |
| Select one of the following: 2 | 3 | |
| Elements of Environmental Science (N) | ||
| Principles of Horticultural Science (LN) | ||
| Chemistry and Applications of Biomolecules | ||
| Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) | ||
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| Select one of the following: 2 | 3 | |
| Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 2 | ||
| Technical Writing 4 | ||
| Written Communication 2 | ||
| Select one of the following: 2,5 | 3 | |
| Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) 2 | ||
| Introduction to Speech Communication (S) 2 | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 21 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| ANSI 4863 | Capstone for Animal Agriculture | 3 |
| FDSC 2143 | Introduction to Food Industry Operations | 3 |
| FDSC 3123 | HACCP in the Food Industry | 3 |
| FDSC 3133 | Plant Sanitation for Food Processing Operations | 3 |
| FDSC 3373 | Food Chemistry I | 3 |
| FDSC 4143 | Food Safety Modernization Act | 3 |
| FDSC 4763 | Analysis of Food Products | 3 |
| FDSC 4910 | Food Industry Internship | 3 |
| Select 12 hours from the following: | 12 | |
| Food Microbiology | ||
| Processing Dairy Foods | ||
| Principles of Food Engineering | ||
| Advances in Meat Science | ||
| Pre-Harvest Food Safety | ||
| Advanced Meat Evaluation | ||
| Advanced Competitive Evaluation | ||
| Meat Science | ||
| Researching Consumer Food Preferences | ||
| Fruit and Nut Production | ||
| Business or Pre-Law Emphasis Area | 18 | |
| Financial Accounting | ||
or ACCT 2003 | Survey of Accounting | |
| Select one of the following Emphasis areas: | ||
Business Emphasis | ||
Select 15 upper-divsion hours of AGEC, ECON, EEE, FIN, MKTG, MGMT | ||
Pre-Law Emphasis | ||
| Issues in Agricultural Policy | ||
or POLS 4363 | Environmental Law And Policy | |
Select 12 upper-divsion hours of AGEC, ECON, EEE, FIN, MKTG, MGMT, POLS | ||
| Related Courses | ||
| Select 5 hours from any courses from Ferguson College of Agriculture, Spears School of Business, POLS, NSCI or HTM | 5 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 59 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 0 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- 1
College & Departmental requirements that may be used to meet GE requirements.
- 2
Hours meeting the major common core.
- 3
If used for (N) requirement, hours in this block are reduced by CHEM course hours.
- 4
If ENGL 3323 Technical Writing is substituted for ENGL 1213 Composition II above; hours in this block are reduced by 3.
- 5
If used as an additional (S) course above, hours in this block reduced by 3.
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2032.