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Food Science

Course Code: FDFS
  • Level: 3
  • Qualification: BTEC
  • Awarding body: Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC)
  • Duration: One - two years
  • Course type: Full-time
  • Time of day: Daytime
  • When you'll study: Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm (16 hours per week)

What's it all about?

Do you ever look at the label on food packaging and notice information about energy, sugar and fat content? Are you interested in our relationship with food? Human health and nutrition are intrinsically linked and play a vital role in healthcare, sport, hospitality and retail. Food science plays a vital role in understanding the content and effect of food on the human body.

City College Plymouth is extremely proud to offer this high quality, advanced level BTEC Diploma in Food Science, which is equivalent to three A Levels.

You will learn from experts in our specialist, well-resourced facilities, and benefit from the College’s close links with industry.

This course has a varied learning programme which can enable you to progress into the food science industry or on to a wide range of universities studying subjects ranging from nutrition, microbiology, food technology and product design and testing.

You will get hands on in lab settings whilst looking into more specialist units that explore and assess the human relationship with food.

Course information

You will study fundamental concepts in science, as well as key lab techniques providing you with a solid foundation to develop industry. Further to this, you will get hands-on with units in human nutrition, testing consumer products and food technology.

The second year will add further scientific concepts such as cell biology and genetics whilst providing additional units in aspects related to food production.

You will need to have achieved five GCSEs at grade 9-4 (C or above), including maths, English language and at least one science.

There is a mix of exams and coursework on this programme.

You could progress onto our HNC in Applied Science or go onto study a degree at university.

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