Offered by Department of Chemistry:

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

1. 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 105GS, Biology I - 4 hours
     • BIOL 106GS, 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.
2. 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