BIOC 100 - General, Organic and Biochemistry (4 semester hours)  OR

CHM 131 - General Chemistry (4 semester hours)  &

CHM 131L - General Chemistry Lab (0 semester hours)  (DS #2)

ECN 230 - Principles of Microeconomics  

FSQ 210 - Principles of Food Science   

MAT 140 - Advanced Algebra  

GEN 112 - Composition II: Argumentation and Research 

BIO 330 - Microbiology (4 semester hours)  OR

BIOC 200 - Industrial Microbiology (4 semester hours)  

MAT 220 - Probability and Statistics  (DS #4)

Elective/Emphasis Course

GEN 4XX - Seminar III (WI)

Elective/Emphasis Course 

Students must complete a Food Safety & Quality Emphasis:

Cooperative Education Emphasis:

• Twenty (20) semester hours from:
  • EXP 100 - Professional Protocol (1 semester hour)  
  • EXP 301 - Work, Ethics, and the Good Life (1 semester hour)  
• Eighteen (18) semester hours in any combination of these two experiential learning experiences:
  • FSQ 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Food Safety & Quality (1-12 semester hours)  
  • FSQ 400 - Internship: Food Safety & Quality (1-9 semester hours)  

Food Science Emphasis: 

• Twenty-twenty-one (20-21) semester hours from:
  • FSQ 300 - Audits, Preventive Controls and Produce Safety  
  • FSQ 310 - Meat and Dairy Sciences  
  • FSQ 320 - Food Processing and Preservation Techniques  
• One of the following:
  • BIO 201 - Nutrition  
  • CHM 343 - Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism    
• Ten (1) semester hours from: 
  • ​BIO 262 - Genetics (4 semester hours)  
  • CHM 150 - Beer: The Science and Story Behind Fermentation  
  • CHM 202 - Analytical Chemistry (3 semester hours)  &
    • CHM 202L - Analytical Chemistry Lab (1 semester hour)    
  • Any chemistry (CHM) or Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) course numbered 150 or above
  • Up to four (4) semester hours of biology (BIO) courses numbered 200 or above

Food Safety & Quality Emphasis continued:

Management Emphasis:

• Twenty-one (21) semester hours from:
  • BUS 150 - Pathways to Success: An Introduction to Business  
  • BUS 370 - Intercultural Communications  
  • BUS 380 - Human Resource Management  BUS 410 - Business Law I  
  • BUS 445 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management  
  • BUS 491 - Business Policy and Strategy (WI)   
  • PSY /SOC 220 - Social Psychology  

Student Designed Emphasis:

• Twenty-one (21) semester hours from:
• **Students may propose a twelve (12) semester-hour emphasis
• The emphasis plan must be approved in advance by:
  • Student’s academic advisor
  • Dean of College of Business and Science 
  • Up to nine (9) hours of FSQ 390  or FSQ 400  can be used in this emphasis

Systems Analysis Emphasis:

• Twenty-one (21) semester hours from:
  • BUS /FSQ 225 - Lean Six Sigma    
  • ​BUS 445 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management  
  • CPS 200 - Programming I  
  • DAT 210 - Database Basics   
  • DAT 442 - Data Management and Warehousing  
  • DAT 445 - Systems Analysis & Design (WI)  
• One of the following:
  • DAT 455 - Predictive Analytics  
  • WRT 335 - Technical Writing (WI)