UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Degree Requirements

Food Science and Technology Major

Major Concentration (32 cr.)
FDSC 113 Intro Food Science Lab 1 cr.
Choose: FDSC 202 Dairy Manufacturing I
 or FDSC 240 Meat Product Processing 3 cr.
FDSC 220 Food Law and Regulation 3 cr.
FDSC 270 Internship 4 cr.
FDSC 312 Food Processing 4 cr.
FDSC 320 Food Safety & Quality Assurance 3 cr.
FDSC 361 Food Ingredient & Analysis I 3 cr.
FDSC 362 Food Ingredient & Analysis II 3 cr.
FDSC 422 Product Development & Sensory Evaluation 4 cr.
FDSC 485 Senior Seminar 1 cr.
FDSC Elective: FDSC 238, FDSC 302, AGEN 455 or AET 452 3 cr.

Required Supporting (28 cr.)
CHEM 112 General Chemistry II 4 cr.
CHEM 116 General Chemistry Lab I 1 cr.
CHEM 117 General Chemistry Lab II 1 cr.
CHEM 230 or CHEM 231 3 cr.
AGBI 251 or CHEM 360 3 cr.
AGBI 252 Ag Biochemistry Lab 1 cr.
BIOL 324 Microbiology 4 cr.
ANSC 341 Biometrics (or MATH 226) 3 cr.
PHYS 121 or PHYS 131 Physics I
ANSC 231 Domestic Animal Nutrition 4 cr.

Choose the Dairy Foods Management, Operations Management or Science Option below:

Dairy Foods Management

Dairy Foods Management Option
FDSC 302 Dairy Manufacturing II 3 cr.
FDSC 470 Dairy Processing Operations 3 cr.
AFES 310 Ag Human Resource Management 3 cr.
 or MNGT 330 Workplace Diversity 3 cr.
Select one from the following:
AGEC 205, AGEC 345, AGEC 350, AGEC 355, AGEC 360, AGEC 361, AGEC 365, AGEC 368, AGEC 405, AGEC 430, AGEC 460

Operations Management

Operations Management Option
AGEC 205 Ag Accounting 3 cr.
Select one:
AFES 310 Human Resource Mgmt 3 cr.
 or MNGT 330 Workplace Diversity 3 cr.
Select one from the following:
AGEC 345 Ag Law 3 cr.
AGEC 350 Ag Product Marketing 3 cr.
AGEC 355 Markets and Prices 3 cr.
AGEC 360 Farm Management 3 cr.
AGEC 361 Small Agribusiness Management 3 cr.
AGEC 365 Ag Finance 3 cr.
AGEC 368 Professional Selling 3 cr.
AGEC 405 Farm Tax Management 3 cr.
AGEC 430 Entrepreneurial Management 3 cr.
AGEC 460 Agribusiness Firm Management 3 cr.

Science

Science Option
CHEM 232 Organic Chemistry II 3 cr.
CHEM 236 Organic Chemistry Lab I 1 cr.
CHEM 237 Organic Chemistry Lab II 1 cr.
MATH 166 Calculus II 4 cr.

Degree Description

General Education Requirements

As listed with the following exceptions:
Sciences Required Courses: CHEM 121 or 120, BIOL 150, PHYS 151 or 161
Mathematics Required Courses: MATH 147 or 166

Professional Studies in CAFES

FDSC 110 Science of Food 3 cr.
AGEN 352 Food Engineering 3 cr.
AGEC 101 or AGEC 230 Agriculture Economics 3 cr.