Overview
The UNSW Bachelor of Science (Honours) Food Science program is a four-year professional degree designed to equip you for a career as a professional food scientist and nutritionist with expertise in food science and nutrition, helping you focus on the chemistry, biochemistry, health and nutrition aspects of food science. We … For more content click the Read More button below.
The Food Science and Nutrition stream will build your knowledge of the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying metabolism, health and disease. We emphasise the links between food and health through hands-on laboratory courses and visits to several food industries to observe mass-scale production and the processes involved. Through this, you’ll understand how processes can be used to preserve nutrients in food and how nutrients can be added for food fortification, for example. The product design and development project offers an authentic design experience which integrates industry involvement, case studies, IP and product development. It’s a real-world opportunity for you to understand and apply the process from conception to development.
The Food Science degree provides an opportunity to also do an optional minor in Humanitarian Science and Technology that focuses on applying the Food Science knowledge towards achieving the UN Sustainable development goals.
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)3061 - Food Science (Honours)
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 180 UOC.
Level 1 Core Courses54 Units of Credit:
Level 2 Core Courses54 Units of Credit:
Level 3 Core Courses30 Units of Credit:
Level 4 Core Courses30 Units of Credit:
Discipline Electives12 Units of Credit:
Recommended electives
Enrolment Disclaimer
Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.
You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
Additional Information
Further Requirements
Students are expected to possess a calculator having exponential capabilities, however, more advanced calculators and personal computers, will be found useful.
Professional Recognition
Graduates of the BSc (Hons) in Food Science and Nutrition degree program are eligible to apply for membership of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) and of the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA).
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
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