FDSC at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 83 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

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.

• BIOMI 2900General Microbiology Lecturesopens 22 courses (14 directly)
• BIOMI 2911General Microbiology Laboratoryopens 22 courses (5 directly)
• VIEN 2204Principles and Practices of Growing Grapes and Making Winesopens 19 courses (11.8 directly)
• FDSC 2204Principles and Practices of Growing Grapes and Making Winesopens 19 courses (5 directly)
• PLHRT 2204Principles and Practices of Growing Grapes and Making Winesopens 19 courses (2 directly)
• VIEN 1105Introduction to Wines and Vines Laboratoryopens 19 courses (1.3 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 83 FDSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 52 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.

• 7 courses deep, ending at FDSC 4040

  1. CHEM 2070General Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 2080General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 3570Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences
  4. BIOMG 3300Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction
  5. FDSC 4170Food Chemistry I
  6. FDSC 4180Food Chemistry II
  7. FDSC 4040Chemistry and Functional Properties of Food Ingredients

• 5 courses deep, ending at FDSC 4510

  1. BIOMI 2911General Microbiology Laboratory
  2. BIOMI 2900General Microbiology Lectures
  3. FDSC 4500Winemaking Theory and Practice I

• 5 courses deep, ending at FDSC 4710

  1. BIOMI 2911General Microbiology Laboratory
  2. BIOMI 2900General Microbiology Lectures
  3. FDSC 4700Winemaking Theory and Practice II

• 5 courses deep, ending at FDSC 5510

  1. FDSC 1104Introduction to Wines and Vines
  2. FDSC 2204Principles and Practices of Growing Grapes and Making Wines
  3. VIEN 2205Growing Grapes and Making Wines Laboratory

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on FDSC sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Carl Batt
• Carmen Moraru
• Christopher Loss
• David Barbano
• Dwayne Bershaw
• Gavin Sacks
• Julie Goddard
• Kathy Arnink
• Olga Padilla-Zakour
• Patrick Gibney
• Robin Dando
• Sam Nugen
• Syed Rizvi
• Terry Acree
• Tolunay Beker Aydemir
• Xingen Lei

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FDSC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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