IX. Graduate Programs

Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Courses

FSQA*6000 Food Safety and Quality Assurance Seminar F [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): This course is open only to students in the MSc FSQA program.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
FSQA*6100 Food Law and Policy F [0.50]
The fundamentals of food policy development and Canadian and international food law are learned and practiced through online presentations, independent study and online interactions with other students and industry professionals.
Offering(s): Offered through Distance Education format only.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
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.
Offering(s): Offered through Distance Education format only.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
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.
Offering(s): Offered through Distance Education format only.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
FSQA*6300 Leadership in Food Safety F [0.50]
This course prepares students for food safety leadership roles in the global food industry by developing core problem-solving, management, and communication competencies. Students are exposed to industry based and governmental based food safety leadership initiatives at both the regional and international levels.
Offering(s): Offered through Distance Education format only.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
FSQA*6400 Workplace Project in Food Safety W-S [1.00]
A major project of relevance to a host employer related to food safety and quality assurance, which includes the preparation of a written and an oral presentation to the graduate faculty.
Offering(s): Offered through Distance Education format only.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
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.
Department(s): Department of Food Science
FSQA*6600 Principles of Food Safety and Quality Assurance F [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.
Offering(s): Offered through Distance Education format only.
Department(s): Department of Food Science

Other Graduate Courses Suitable for Credit in this Program

Food Science
FOOD*6190 [0.50] Advances in Food Science
FOOD*6710 [0.25] Special Topics in Food Chemistry
FOOD*6720 [0.25] Special Topics in Food Microbiology
FOOD*6730 [0.25] Special Topics in Food Physics
FOOD*6740 [0.25] Special Topics in Food Processing
FOOD*6750 [0.25] Special Topics in Food for Health
FOOD*6760 [0.25] Special Topics in Food Quality
Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
FARE*6130 [0.50] Operations Management in the Agri-Food Sector
Human Heath and Nutritional Sciences
HHNS*6400 [0.50] Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
HHNS*6410 [1.00] Applied 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
Plant Agriculture
PLNT*6110 [0.50] Fruit and Vegetable Technology

Undergraduate Courses Suitable for Credit in this Program

Food Science
FOOD*3030 [0.50] Food Chemistry I
FOOD*4190 [0.50] Advanced 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
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