Food Technology for Companion Animals Major
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Contact
Food Science and Technology Staff Contact
Megan Patent-Nygren
402.472.5783
mpatentnygren2@unl.edu
Food Science and Technology Faculty Contact
Dr. Randy Wehling
402-472-2857
rwehling1@unl.edu
Animal Science Staff Contact
Anita Ferrell
402.472.0204
aferrell2@unl.edu
Animal Science Faculty Contact
Dr. Lisa Karr-Lilienthal
402.472.6458
lkarr-lilienthal2@unl.edu
Department Websites
Sample Schedule of Classes
| OUTLINE OF PROGRAM OF STUDY | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: First Year, First Semester | ||
| FDST 101 | 2 cr | Human Food Resources |
| FDST 107 | 1 cr | The Companion Animal Food Industry |
| CHEM 109 | 4 cr | General Chemistry I |
| BIOS 102 | 4 cr | Cell Structure and Function |
| MATH 102 | 2 cr | Trigonometry |
| AECN 141 | 3 cr | Intro to the Economics of Agriculture |
| 16 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: First Year, Second Semester | ||
| CHEM 110 | 4 cr | General Chemistry II |
| BIOS 103 | 4 cr | Organismic Biology |
| MATH 104 or 106 | 3-5 cr | Calculus |
| AGRI 103 | 3 cr | Intro to Agricultural and Natural Resource Systems |
| 14-16 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: Second Year, First Semester | ||
| CHEM 251/253 | 4 cr | Organic Chemistry and Lab |
| MSYM 109 | 5 cr | Physical Principles in Agriculture |
| ASCI 251 | 3 cr | Introduction to Companion Animals |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | English/Interpersonal Relations Elective |
| 15 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: Second Year, Second Semester | ||
| FDST 205 | 3 cr | Food Composition and Analysis |
| BIOC 321/321L | 4 cr | Elements of Biochemistry and Lab |
| BIOS 312 | 3 cr | Fundamentals of Microbiology |
| STAT 218 | 3 cr | Introduction to Statistics |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Communications Elective |
| 16 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: Third Year, First Semester | ||
| FDST 363 | 3 cr | Heat and Mass Transfer |
| FDST 405/406 | 5 cr | Food Microbiology and Lab |
| JGEN 300 | 3 cr | Technical Writing |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Humanities Elective |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Arts Elective |
| 17 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: Third Year, Second Semester | ||
| FDST 465 | 3 cr | Food Engineering Unit Operations |
| ASCI 210 | 3 cr | Animal Products |
| ASCI 240 | 4 cr | Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals |
| ASCI 320 | 3 cr | Animal Nutrition and Feeding |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Historical Studies Elective |
| 16 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: Fourth Year, First Semester | ||
| FDST 448/449 | 4 cr | Food Chemistry and lab |
| ASCI 321 | 3 cr | Companion Animal Nutrition |
| FDST 412 | 3 cr | Cereal Technology |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Race, Ethnicity & Gender Elective |
| ELECTIVE 3 cr Free Elective | ||
| 16 cr | ||
| FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPANION ANIMALS: Fourth Year, Second Semester | ||
| FDST 403 | 3 cr | Quality Assurance of Foods |
| FDST 451 | 1 cr | Food Science and Technology Seminar |
| FDST 458 | 3 cr | Advanced Food Analysis |
| FDST 460 | 3 cr | Concepts of Food Product Development |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Human Behavior Elective |
| ELECTIVE | 3 cr | Free Elective |
| 17 cr |
