Food Science and Safety Certificate of Achievement
e Food Science and Safety Program will prepare students for careers in food quality control, sanitation, safety, processing, and product development. Upon completion of this program, employment opportunities include positions with food processing operations, local, state and federal food inspection services, food sanitation and public health services, and food research and development ventures. e HACCP curriculum in this program is accredited by the HACCP Alliance. Students completing the program coursework will receive a certicate with the International HACCP Alliance seal and also earn the Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO) Preventative Control Qualied Individual for Human Food (PCQI) Certicate.
Courses
- FSS 005 — is an introduction to food safety principles with an overview of career opportunities, food safety technologies
- FSS 020 — provides an introduction to the laws and regulations governing the agricultural industry with a focus on food
- FSS 025 — provides a review of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
- FSS 030 — will provide an introduction to food safety plans with applications to preventive controls for human foods and
- FSS 040 — course topics include the development and management of food safety programs with focus on evaluation
- FSS 010 — will provide an overview of the nutritional, chemical and physical properties of the major food constituents
- FSS 015 — is a lecture and laboratory course designed to prepare students for work in the food processing sector to include
- FSS 035 — Principles of Food Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- GEOG 001 — focuses on the interconnected systems shaping our planet Earth's diverse landscapes. We will explore
- GEOG 002 — Introduces students to basic geographic concepts to help them understand world regional variation and the
- GEOG 003 — introduces students to the relationship between geography and the development of human cultures. It
- GEOL 001 — is an introduction to the physical and chemical forces active on the earth, including a survey of minerals
- GEOG 005 — introduces students to atmospheric processes including solar radiation and energy balances, temperature
- GEOG 016 — provides the opportunity for students to conduct eld studies and to explore the physical and diverse cultural
- GEOG 018 — Geography of California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- GEOL 003 — is the study of the origin and history of the Earth, the formation of the continents and oceans and the changes
- CHEM 001A — General Chemistry I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- CHEM 001B — is a continuation of the study of the principles of chemistry with an emphasis on chemical thermodynamics
- MATH 001A — Introduction to Calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- MATH 001B — Calculus With Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- BIO 032 — examines the structural organization of the human body: gross and microscopic structure of the integumentary
- BIO 035 — examines the physiological principles, function, integration and homeostasis of the human body at the cellular
- BIO 038 — Microbiology
- CHEM 002A — Introductory Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- NUT 001 — Basic Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- PSYC C1000
- SOC 001 — Introduction to Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3