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Graduate Diploma in Food Science (GD-FOODSC) // Course structure
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Dr Ken Ng
Course structure
A diverse range of elective subjects is offered enabling students to develop sufficient familiarity with knowledge areas relevant to their existing academic qualifications and industrial experience.
The Graduate Diploma in Food Science requires the completion of eight subjects comprising 100 credit points of coursework, including six core subjects and 25 points of elective subjects.
Students should note that they may substitute any of the elective subjects with any 12.5 credit point subject from other relevant courses offered by the University of Melbourne pending approval by the course coordinator and the teaching subject coordinator.
Subject options
Core Subjects
Students will take the following six core subjects (75 points) in the Graduate Diploma of Food Science.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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FOOD90007 | Food Processing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90022 | Food Chemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90010 | Meat and Meat Products | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90023 | Food Microbiology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90008 | Food Safety and Quality | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
FOOD90035 | Plant Food Products | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Approved Elective Subjects from within the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
Students will take two of the following elective subjects (25 points) in the Graduate Diploma of Food Science.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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FOOD90028 | Sensory Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90012 | Current Issues in Dairy Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90089 | Human Resource Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90013 | No longer available | ||
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90018 | Managing Behaviour in Organisations |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AGRI90077 | Agribusiness 2 | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90075 | Research Methods For Life Sciences | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90057 | Climate Change:Agric.Impacts&Adaptation | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90014 | Managing Markets | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90012 | Agribusiness 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90040 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90033 | Sustainable Food: Policy and Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
AGRI90075 | Research Methods For Life Sciences | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 8 November 2024