Courses offered in the Cereal and Food Sciences Department

210 Introduction to Food Science and Technology - 2 credits
Overview of food components, food quality, nutrition, processing, packaging, safety, sanitation laws, sensory evaluation, distribution, and utilization.

450/650 Cereal Technology - 3 Credits
Discussion of cereal grains, their properties, evaluation, and utilization.

460/660 Food Chemistry - 3 Credits
Study of food components including water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. Prereq: Cereal Science 210, Chemistry 341, 351, Biochemistry 460.

461/661 Food Chemistry Laboratory - 1 Credit
Laboratory isolation, observation of characteristics, and quantitation of food components. Coreq: Cereal Science 460/660.
464 Food Analysis - 3 Credits
Principles, applications, and practice of methods for quantitative determination of food components. Prereq. CS 460 or Biochem 460

470/670 Industrial Food Processing - 3 Credits
Capstone course integrating principles of food chemistry, food microbiology, food engineering, nutrition, statistics, and sensory evaluation through the discussion of food processing operations. Prereq: Cereal Science 450, 460 or Departmental approval.

471/671 Industrial Food Processing Laboratory - 1 Credit
Field trips, experiments on freezing, freeze drying, spray drying, canning, beverage production, water activity measurements, shelf life, and quality control. Coreq. CS 470/670.

759 Milling - 3 Credits
Experimental and industrial feed and flour milling. Production, equipment, and factors involved in the milling process. Lectures and laboratories. Prereq. CS 450/650.

766 Advanced Cereal and Food Chemistry I - 3 Credits
Lipids with emphasis on cereals; chemical and physical properties in foods; nutritional considerations. Prereq. Bioc. 701.
766 Advanced Cereal and Food Chemistry II - 3 Credits


The following variable credit courses are also offered:
790 Seminar: 1-3 Credits
793 Individual Study: 1-5 Credits
795 Field Experience: 1-15 Credits
696, 796 Special Topics: 1-5 Credits
798 Master's Thesis: 1-15 Credits
799 Doctoral Dissertation : 1-15 Credits