FDSC at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FDSC coursework.

• STAT 3320Statistical Methods for Food Scienceopens 10 courses (1.5 directly)
• FDSC 3350Food Chemistryopens 6 courses (2.5 directly)
• FDSC 3330Food Processing and Engineering Iopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• FDSC 3340Food Quality Assurance and Prerequisite Programsopens 5 courses (1.5 directly)
• FDSC 3345Food Safety and Sanitationopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• FDSC 4420Sensory Evaluation of Foodopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FDSC work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 30 FDSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 2 more FDSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FDSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at FDSC 4445

  1. STAT 1110Applied Statistical Concepts and Methods
  2. STAT 3320Statistical Methods for Food Science
  3. FDSC 3340Food Quality Assurance and Prerequisite Programs
  4. FDSC 3345Food Safety and Sanitation
  5. FDSC 4445Food Safety Modernization Act: Human Food Safety and Produce Safety

• 4 courses deep, ending at FDSC 4425

  1. STAT 1110Applied Statistical Concepts and Methods
  2. STAT 3320Statistical Methods for Food Science
  3. FDSC 4420Sensory Evaluation of Food

• 3 courses deep, ending at FDSC 3355

  1. CHEM 3350Biochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
  2. FDSC 3350Food Chemistry
  3. FDSC 3355Food Analysis

• 3 courses deep, ending at FDSC 4430

  1. FDSC 1110Introduction to Food Science and Sustainability
  2. FDSC 3330Food Processing and Engineering I
  3. FDSC 4430Food Processing and Engineering II

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FDSC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FDSC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FDSC yet.

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Department events

FDSC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.