营养与食品科学理学学士学位，专攻食品科学，为学生在食品和饮料，农业和加工业以及美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）和美国农业部（美国农业部）。食品科学是一个多学科领域，其首要目标是提高食品的安全性和质量，开发新食品以及设计新的，更安全和更节能的食品保存方法。食品科学家致力于通过传统和新兴技术来改善食品的微生物和化学安全性，以及提高食品质量。食品科学专业的学生将获得有关食品的物理，化学和生化性质以及营养加工，安全，食品质量和食品安全标准的深入知识，并在食品加工，食品可及性，食品质量，食品安全，食品感官体验和食品
The B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science with concentration in Food Science prepares students for careers in the food and beverage, agricultural, and processing industries as well as food regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Food science is a multidisciplinary field with the overarching goals of improving the safety and quality of food products, developing new food products, and designing new, safer and more energy-efficient food preservation methods. Food scientists strive to improve the microbial and chemical safety of foods as well as to enhance the quality of foods through traditional and emerging technologies.<br><br>Students in the Food Science concentration will gain in-depth knowledge of the physical, chemical, and biochemical nature of food and the standards of nutritional processing, safety, food quality, and food security and develop their aptitudes in areas such as food processing, food accessibility, food quality, food safety, food sensory experiences, and food regulations.