UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Majors & Minors

International Food Operations Management

  Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year

English 100 Academic Reading & Writing - 3
COMS 101 Fundamentals of Communication - 3
CHEM 115 Concepts in General Chemistry (pre-requisite: Math 146) - 4
SB Elective I
AGEC 101 Economics and Management in Agriculture - 3
Total semester credits - 16

AGEC 230 Ag Economics 1 (pre-requisite: Math 146) - 3
AGEC 250 World Food and Populations - 3
AGEC 255 Agri-Food Logisitics and Supply Chain (pre-requisite: AGEC 101) - 3
MARC 200 Introduction to marketing communications - 3
AGEC 155 Introduction to International Food Operations Management (pre-requisite: AGEC 101) - 1
SB Elective II - 3
Total semester credits - 16

Sophomore Year

FDSC 113 Introduction to Food Science Laboratory - 1
FDSC 202 or ANSC 238 Dairy Manufacturing I or Meat Products - 3
FDSC 220 Food Law and Regulation (pre-requisite: FDSC 110) - 2 
ACD UWRF American Cultural Diversity - 3
FDSC100 Science of Food - 3
Directed Elective I - 3
PE 108 Health & Fitness for Life (PE) - 1 
Total semester credits - 16

FDSC 302 or FDSC 240 Dairy Manufacturing II (pre-requisite: FDSC 202) or Meat Processing (pre-requisite: ANSC 238) - 3
FDSC 235 Agriculture Microbiology - 3
FDSC 422 Food product development and sensory evaluation (pre-requisite: FDSC 110 and junior standing) - 4
HF Elective - 3
AFEC/FDSC/IFOM 270 or IFOM 292 Internship I or Experientail Learning in Agri-food business I - 3
Total semester credits - 16

Year 3 - At AERES

Math 226 Fundamentals of Statistics - 3
IFOM 9000 Marketing Management - 3
IFOM 9001 Purchase Management, Transportation & Storage - 3
ENGL 200 or ENGL 201 Invesstigating Ideas: Reading, Writing and the Disciplines - 3
IFOM 9002 Advanced Operations Management and Business Planning - 3
IFOM 9003 Financial Management - 3
IFOM 9006 EU Politics, Philosophy and Fine Arts (meets HF) - 3
IFOM 9004 Leadership & HR - 3
IFOM 9005 EU Work Placement - 6 

Total semester credits - 30


 

Senior Year

AGEC/FDSC/IFOM 270 or 370 Internship I or II - 4
AGEC 490 Independent Study (proposal) - 3 
Directed Elective II - 3
Directed Elective III - 3
Total semester credits - 13

Experiential Learning in International Food Operations Management or Special Problems in Agriculture Economics or Special Topics in Food Science - 3
Independent Study (thesis) - 2
Directed Elective IV - 3
Directed Elective V - 3
EC Ethical Citizenship - 3
Total semester credits - 14

Summary of  Degree Requirements