Food Science Major | Department of Animal & Food Science | BYU-Idaho

# Food Science Major

Find resources and tools necessary to map out your courses, finalize your graduation plan, and help navigate your way through the Food Science program.

- Plan Your Major
- Recommended Course Sequence
- Course Offerings
- University Academic Catalog

## Plan Your Major

****If you need any help while planning or exploring your major, below are some additional links that can help:****

This tool will help you plan out all your classes and develop an overall semester to semester plan to complete your Food Science degree.

Graduation Planner

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Additional Resources

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Contact an Advisor or your Faculty Mentor

## Recommended Course Sequence

Here you will find recommended Food Science course sequences for each of the three tracks offered at BYU-Idaho. These documents can help you set up your grad plan, and will help ensure that all requirements are taken in the right order as you progress towards graduation.

There are ****five**** different program options or ****"Emphases"**** within the Food Science degree, with each offering a slightly different career focus. All majors, regardless of the chosen "Emphasis," will take the same core courses and obtain the same Food Science degree. "Emphases" differ only in the secondary or specialized course options that are needed to complete the Food Science degree.

Unless you already have a specific career path in mind, it is ****recommended that you start off in either the Science or Technology "Emphasis."**** Later, you can switch to another "Emphasis" if your career plans change. If you have questions, please make a point to discuss these options with your Faculty Mentor.

## After 2019 Enrollment

### Science Emphasis

This emphasis provides a strong background in math and science for those students pursuing either an entry-level job in the food industry or planning to pursue graduate studies after completion of the undergraduate degree. This program is designed to meet entrance requirements for most graduate programs in Food Science.

Fall/Winter Winter/Spring Fall/Spring

### Technology Emphasis

This emphasis offers a less rigorous math/science option for students singularly seeking an entry-level job in the food industry. This option does not prevent an individual from pursuing a graduate degree, though some make-up of deficient courses during graduate study might be required depending on the graduate program.

Fall/Winter Winter/Spring Fall/Spring

### Nutrition/Dietetics Emphasis

This emphasis allows those students with an interest in Dietetics to enroll in the Food Science program, with the possibility of transferring to the Dietetics program at Idaho State University (ISU). After three years at BYU-Idaho, students may apply to the ISU program for year four to complete a Dietetics degree (a 3+1 collaborative program). Alternatively, students may elect to remain at BYU-Idaho for year four to complete Food Science degree requirements, with a strong emphasis in nutrition. It is strongly recommended that students work closely with campus advising to ensure that all needed requirements are met.

Fall/Winter Winter/Spring Fall/Spring

### Management Emphasis

This emphasis provides those students that have an interest in managing people or working on the business side of the food industry with course offerings in human resource management, accounting, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, sales, etc. It may also serve as a springboard for those desiring to pursue an MBA professional degree after graduation.

Fall/Winter Winter/Spring Fall/Spring

### Health Science Emphasis

This emphasis provides a Food Science degree path for those students preparing for entrance into post-graduate health science professional programs (e.g., dental, medical school, etc.), offering a secondary Food Science career option if professional school plans change. It is very important for students to work closely with campus advising to ensure that professional school entrance requirements are met.

Alternatively, this emphasis is an attractive degree option for students exiting medical science majors in pursuit of a Food Science career option, allowing accumulated health science course credits to be applied toward a Food Science degree.

Fall/Winter Winter/Spring Fall/Spring

## Prior to 2019 Enrollment

Fall/Winter Winter/Spring Fall/Spring

## Course Offerings

Click below to view the list of courses that are offered within the Food Science program. Be sure to reference this list while planning your semester course schedules - since not all of the courses are offered every semester.

Course Offerings Offerings By Semester

## University Academic Catalog

This catalog describes the academic policies and requirements for all degree programs on the BYU-I campus, and contains lists of courses offered in other majors (e.g., animal science, chemistry, business management, etc.) that may serve as possible elective courses for your major in Food Science.

Academic Catalog