Pre-Food Science Program (for
UNL)
The UNK pre-Food Science program is designed to meet the
UNL Department of Food Science and Technology degree program requirements. For
full-time students, the program is designed to take courses for 2 years at UNK,
then transfer to UNL for degree completion. Consult your advisor to ensure that
social science and humanities electives meet UNL Essential Studies requirements.
Students who enter this program but later decide to pursue another UNK degree
should consult their advisor to ensure that all UNK General Studies are met
before graduation.
Minimum needed to complete Pre-Food Science program - 73 hours
A. First Year (37-39 hours required)- Take all of the following:
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3
hours (see prerequisites)
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry
Laboratory - 1 hour
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3
hours
- CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry
Laboratory - 1 hour
- BIOL 103GS,
General Biology - 4 hours
ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3
hours
MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3
hours
- MATH 103*, Plane Trigonometry - 3
hours
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of
Speech Communication - 3 hours
Electives (Social Sciences & Humanities) - 6 hours
*Students with sufficient mathematics preparation to enter above 102
and 103 would have required General Studies hours reduced.- Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 104GS, Biology I - 4 hours
- BIOL 107GS, Biology II - 4 hours
- **Take 1 course from:
- MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours
MATH 123, Applied Calculus I - 3
hours
- **Only required for some UNL Food Science and Technology degree programs.
B. Second Year (36 hours required)- Take all of the following:
- CHEM 251, Essentials of Biochemistry - 4 hours
BIOL 400, Microbiology - 4 hours
PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
Electives (Social Sciences & Humanities) - 12 hours- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 1 course:
CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5 hours
OR take 2 courses:
CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- Take 1 course from:
- ECON 270, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
ECON 271, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- BMGT 233, Business Statistics - 3 hours
STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
