Food Science, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (34 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (73-74 credits)

(See Advising Resources)

• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 11800 - Introduction To Food Science Academic Programs
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II
• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology ♦
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry
• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25701 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry ♦
• BCHM 30900 - Biochemistry Laboratory
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• NUTR 31500 - Fundamentals Of Nutrition
• PHYS 22000 - General Physics ♦
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) (satisfies Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation or
• EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills or
• SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World

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• Economics Selective (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• UCC Humanities Selective (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Professional Communications Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Written or Oral Communication Selective (20000+ Level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (12-13 credits)

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• Minimum GPA of 2.50 in FS core classes and NUTR 31500  is required for graduation
• Students must meet a minimum GPA ≥ 2.50 in math and science courses to enroll in upper division FS courses.
• Consultation with an advisor may result in an altered plan customized for an individual student.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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