COURSE: BSC IN FOOD SCIENCE

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the food industry.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Sujects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• General chemistry


• Academic literacy


• General physics


• Molecular and cell biology


• Mathematics


• Biometry


• Plant biology


• Information literacy


• Introduction to microbiology


• Introduction to genetics


• Animal diversity

Second year subjects:

• Introduction to proteins and enzymes


• Carbohydrate metabolism


• Introduction to food science and technology


• Growth diversity and control of bacteria


• Nutrition


• Lipids and nitrogen metabolism


• Biochemistry in perspective


• Introduction to food processing and preservation


• Growth activities and control of fungi

Third year subjects:

• Integrated food science


• Food chemistry


• Food engineering


• Plant food science


• Animal food science


• Food microbiology

Careers: food manager, quality controller, product developer.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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