Dec 06, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Food Science and Industry - Science (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
Communication Requirement 3 KSC 020  
FDSCI 101 - Foundations in Food Science & Industry 1    
FDSCI 202 - Introduction to Food Science 3    
BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology 4 KSC 040  
FNDH 132 - Basic Nutrition 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I OR 3    
Unrestricted Elective if (Comm 106 taken in semester 1) 3    
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
CHM 210 - Chemistry I 4    
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra 3    
English Requirement  3 KSC 010  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 KSC 050  
Arts and Humanities  3 KSC 060  
Unrestricted Elective 3    
CHM 230 - Chemistry II 4    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
FDSCI 305 - Fundamentals of Food Processing 3    
FDSCI 310 - Food Science Professional Preparation 1    
PHYS 113 - General Physics I 4    
Processing Elective 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
FDSCI 690 - Principles of HACCP and Preventive Controls for Human Food 3    
STAT 225 - Introduction to Statistics 3    
CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry 3    
CHM 351 - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2    
Unrestricted Elective 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
BIOL 455 - General Microbiology 4    
BIOCH 521 - General Biochemistry 3    
Communications Elective 3    
Processing Elective 2    
Professional Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
FDSCI 500 - Food Science Seminar 1    
FDSCI 600 - Food Microbiology 2    
FDSCI 601 - Food Microbiology Lab 2    
FDSCI 627 - Chemical Methods of Food Analysis 2    
FDSCI 628 - Physical Methods of Food Analysis  2    
 FDSCI 640 - Research and Development of Food Products OR 4    
Professional Elective (if taking FDSCI 695 in spring) 4    
Unrestricted Elective  2    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
FDSCI 501 - Food Chemistry 3    
GRSC 540 - Process Calculations in Food Systems 3    
GRSC 541 - Process Calculations in Food Systems Laboratory 1    
Processing Elective 3    
Professional Elective 3    
FDSCI 695 - Quality Assurance of Food Products OR 3    
Professional Elective (if taking FDSCI 640 in fall) 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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