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Food Science Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Natural Health Science via distance learning
Food Science via distance learning
Supplying the world population with safe, nutritious, appetizing, and economical food is the ultimate goal of Food Science. Achieving this goal requires the processing, packaging, distribution, and evaluation of food. It involves many disciplines and uses the principles of biology, microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry, nutrition, physics, and engineering to solve practical problems related to the food industry. Food scientists were among the first to work with biotechnology. Food scientists work with food from the time it leaves the farm until the storage of the final product including all operations from processing, preparation, and distribution. Also, they determine the factors that affect safety, nutritive value, and acceptability of food.
Academic Supervisor : Leonie van Heerden
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Food Science Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Food Science.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Nutrition & Diet Therapy - Scientific Nutrition .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Food Science Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Food Science via distance learning = 30 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Food Science Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Food Science via distance learning = 30 Academic credits + 60 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Natural Health Science from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Scientific Nutrition.
Master's Degree - Food Science Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Food Science via distance learning = 30 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Natural Health Science from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Scientific Nutrition. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Food Science Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Food Science via distance learning = 30 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Natural Health Science from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Scientific Nutrition. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Food Science Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Food Production & Services
This course examines food preparation methods and service techniques in quantity and quality food production. It shows how to read and evaluate menus, recipe conversion, and costing. It considers different production schemes, food safety, food flow and waste, and the relationship between back-of-the-house and front-of-the-house activities.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Food Preservation
This course examines the fundamental principles of food preservation namely, freezing and thawing, thermal processing and canning, fermentation, and dehydration. It investigates the major causes of food microbial and chemical degradation and how to preserve its nutritional value. It also highlights topics on food safety and consumer appeal.
Academic Supervisor: Boris Wydoff
Food Additives
This course examines the effect of lipid oxidation on food decomposition and analyzes the variation in the state of enzymatic and non-enzymatic elements, emulsions, and foams. It describes the functions and properties of food additives and how they may alter the attributes of attractive food namely color, flavor, and texture.
Academic Supervisor: Jorge Poveda Arias
Food Policy & Safety
This course examines all aspects of food safety and policy namely consumer perception of nutritional risk and the regulatory and legal issues of labeling, sanitation, and biotechnology. It addresses the role of public health in monitoring and assessing nutrition, the access to food, safe food supply, and national nutrition policy.
Academic Supervisor: Jorge Poveda Arias
Food Chemistry
This course explains the relationship between food composition and properties as well as the physico-chemical changes food undergoes during processing, storage, and consumption. It examines the physical and chemical methods fused to analyze food, and uses common food to highlight the complex relationship between the physical and chemical properties of food.
Academic Supervisor: Jorge Poveda Arias
Food Processing
This course discusses the methods used to preserve food namely cooling, freezing, heating, dehydration, concentration, irradiation, fermentation, and chemicals. It highlights new trends in food preservation and explains the molecular structure of major food components and how they are altered by processing and preservation.
Academic Supervisor: Jorge Poveda Arias
Food Science
This course deals with the management of food service systems including purchasing, receiving, regulation of inventory, and factors affecting nutrients in food. It reviews food quality-control parameters (sensory, color, and texture) and added-value such as traditional or novel commodity, ingredient, and process combinations.
Academic Supervisor: Leonie van Heerden
Bioprocessing of Byproducts
This course presents the principles of chemistry, microbiology, and engineering applicable to the design of systems for the treatment and utilization of livestock manures and other agricultural byproducts. It explains the bioenergetics of microbial processes, composting agricultural and animal wastes, odor measurement, and toxic control.
Academic Supervisor: Jorge Poveda Arias
Food Production Quality
This course reviews the standards, principles, and techniques of food production in different systems. It discusses ingredient control and recipe standardization in addition to food preparation, delivery, and service. Special emphasis is placed on quality assurance and evaluation methods during food production.
Academic Supervisor: Jose W. Rodriguez
Food Biotechnology
This course studies the fundamentals of bioprocess engineering, bioseparation, and food biotechnology in addition to fermentation principles, design, and operation. It reviews the sources, types, and control of biological contamination during harvesting, processing, and storage, while stressing on biotechnology sanitation.
Academic Supervisor: Girish Kumar Srivastava
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Food Science Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
ALACCTA - Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos
ALCYTA - Asociación Española de Doctores y Licenciados en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos
EFFoST - European Federation of Food Science & Technology
FAO - Food And Agriculture Organization
FESNAD - Federación Española de Sociedades de Nutrición, Alimentación y Dietética
IFR - Institute of Food Research
IFST - Institute of Food Science and Technology
IFT - Institute of Food Technologists
IOAS - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IUFoST - International Union of Food Science and Technology
SBAN - Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentação e Nutrição
SBCTA - Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos
SEDCA - Sociedad Española de Dietética y Ciencias de la Alimentación
SNFS - Society of Nutrition and Food Science
SPCNA - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação
UCSFEP - Union of Concerned Scientists Food and Environment Program
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Admission requirements - Food Science
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Food Science Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
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Faculty of Natural Health Science via distance learning
Food Science Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
