Faculty of Environmental & Symbiotioc Sciences

Department of Food & Health Sciences

Overview

The Department is focused on the study of food and health from a scientific and ecological perspective, with an awareness of local environmental characteristics.

Courses include food function. human physiology and the functioning of the body, metabolism of nutrients in the human body, diet and the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, nutritional management in disease, biotechnology and food development, food safety and human health, the role of exercise in health care, and food production.

A strong emphasis on fieldwork and a variety of experimental and practical courses consolidate students' basic knowledge while fostering the ability to apply that knowledge in creative ways.

A Selection of Courses

• Introduction to Food Science
• Food Science
• Food Chemistry
• Food Analysis
• Food Processing
• Food Biotechnology
• Food Microbiology
• Development of Food Resources
• Food Hygiene
• Cooking & Food Preparation
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Nutritional Chemistry
• Biophylaxis
• Prevention of Lifestyle related Disease
• Environmental Physiology
• Practicum of Environmental Physiology
• Developmental Kinesiology
• Nutritional & Kinesiological Physiology
• Nutritional Science
• Nutritional Functions
• Nutritional Guidance & Education
• Life stages & Nutrition
• Food Service Management & Supervision
• Clinical Nutrition Assessment
• Clinical Nutrition & Metabolomics
• Public Health
• Information Technology & Nutritional Science
• Practicum of Regional Nutritional Assessment (Practicum)
• Welfare, Nursing, & Diet