IX. Graduate Programs

Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Courses

FSQA*6000 Food Safety and Quality Assurance Seminar U [0.50]
Provides experiential training in forms of communication that are likely to be required in professional or academic careers in food science and technology.
Restriction(s): Credit many only be obtained for one of FSQA*6000 or FOOD*6300.
FSQA*6150 Food Quality Assurance Management W [0.50]
Examination and review of principles and concept of quality assurance and their application to consumer products and services. Topics include applied aspects of total-quality management principles.
Restriction(s): Offered by distance education only.
FSQA*6200 Food Safety Systems Management W [0.50]
Food safety systems are studied in four modules. (1) A brief review of plant hygiene and HACCP principles. Students with insufficient background will do supplemental study in these areas; (2) HACCP implementation and verification; (3) HACCP-based food safety programs in Canada; and (4) International Food Safety Management Systems.
Restriction(s): Offered by distance education only.
FSQA*6500 Food Safety and Quality Assurance Research Project S,F,W [1.00]
An original research project related to food safety and quality assurance which includes the preparation of a written report suitable for publication and an oral presentation of the findings to the graduate faculty.
FSQA*6600 Principles of Food Safety and Quality Assurance S [0.50]
An integrated approach to factors affecting food safety and quality including microbial and chemical contamination is provided. Major food-borne disease outbreaks are studied as examples. Modern methods of quality management to minimize contamination of processed foods is discussed.
Restriction(s): Offered by distance education only.

Other Graduate Courses Suitable for Credit in this Program

Biomedical Sciences
BIOM*6440 [0.50] Biomedical Toxicology
Engineering
ENGG*6110 [0.50] Food and Bio-Process Engineering
ENGG*6160 [0.50] Advanced Food Engineering
Food Science
FOOD*6190 [0.50] Advances in Food Science
FOOD*6220 [0.50] Advanced Food Analysis Methodology
FOOD*6280 [0.50] Rapid Methods in Food Microbiology
FOOD*6300 [0.50] Food Science Communication
FOOD*6600 [0.50] Advanced Food Microbiology
Human Heath and Nutritional Sciences
HHNS*6400 [0.50] Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Pathobiology
PABI*6000 [0.50] Bacterial Pathogenesis
PABI*6550 [0.50] Epidemiology of Zoonoses
Population Medicine
POPM*6200 [0.50] Epidemiology I
POPM*6210 [0.50] Epidemiology II
POPM*6350 [0.50] Safety of Foods of Animal Origins

Undergraduate Courses Suitable for Credit in this Program

Food Science
FOOD*3030 [0.50] Food Chemistry I
FOOD*4120 [0.50] Food Analysis
FOOD*4090 [0.50] Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
NUTR*4510 [0.50] Toxicological Aspects of Nutrition
Population Medicine
POPM*4040 [0.50] Epidemiology of Food-Borne Diseases
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Canada
519-824-4120