FOOD SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

•  An interdisciplinary major combining food production and business insights.
• It bridges the gap between creating nutritious, safe, affordable, and sustainable food products and bringing them to the global market.
• You will learn the fundamentals of food and sensory science, food chemistry, food bioprocess,food processing, food product development and food safety and quality management.

Choose from three streams :

• Digital marketing, Strategic marketing, or Management - to enhance your farm-to-market skills and master key marketing, management, or digital marketing concepts to respond to market challenges whilemeeting shareholder expectations.

CORE UNITS

• Chemistry 2 advanced (Level 1)
•  Fundamentals of food and sensory science (Level 1)
• Food chemistry (Level 2)
• Food bioprocess technology (Level 2)
• Food processing (Level 3)
• Food product development (Level 3)
• Food safety and quality management (Level 3)

BUSINESS STREAMS: 

(Choose one)

Digital marketing

• Marketing fundamentals (Level 1)
• Introduction to digital marketing (Level 2)
• Search engine marketing (Level 2)
• AI in marketing (Level 3)
• Social media marketing (Level 3)

Management

• Introduction to management (Level 1)
• International business (Level 2)
• Human resource management (Level 2)
• Strategic management (Level 3)
• Organisational behaviour and changes (Level 3)

Strategic marketing

• Marketing fundamentals (Level 1)
• Consumer behaviour (Level 2)
• Integrated marketing communication (Level 2)
• International marketing (Level 3)
• Strategic branding (Level 3).

YEAR 1 / LEVEL 1 UNITS

Two Level 1 science sequences (four units) from:

• Blueprints for Life and Life on Earth
• Chemistry 1 Advanced and Chemistry 2 Advanced
• Foundations in Psychology and Introduction to Psychological Inquiry.

YEAR 2 AND 3 / LEVEL 2 AND 3 UNITS

• Scientific practice and communication
• Six elective units.