C10483v1 Bachelor of Food Science and Technology Bachelor of Business
Award(s): Bachelor of Food Science and Technology (BFoodScTech)Bachelor of Business (BBus)
UAC code: 607086 (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 116213A
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 192
Course EFTSL: 4
Location: City campus
Notes
Course will first be offered in 2025.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Honours
Other information
Overview
According to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestries, Australia has an international reputation as being a producer of modern, safe, reliable and sustainable food. In Australia, the food industry represents around 20% of domestic manufacturing sales and service income. With the Bachelor of Food Science and Technology Bachelor of Business, students develop the scientific knowledge and business expertise to make their mark on this burgeoning field.
Course content combines food science and biotechnology-led innovation with the study of fundamental business subjects and specialist business majors. By the end of their studies, graduates are ready to transform global food production practices and the vibrant food technology economy that underpins them.
Why UTS Science?
UTS Science, one of Australia's leading university science faculties, is committed to scientific advancement that creates a more sustainable world. When students study with UTS, they join a university that delivers global impact in STEM education and research and a faculty that produces scientists with the power to transform the profession.
Course features
- Complete a series of common core subjects that underpin all undergraduate UTS Science degrees. Design, Data, and Decisions and Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues are designed to equip students with a toolkit of technical and workplace skills, preparing them to thrive both at and after uni.
- Food Science and Technology? subjects emphasise the science behind food products and their development, including specialist food technology subjects and related learning in biochemistry, biotechnology and biobusiness. A final-year capstone project challenges students to formulate and develop a novel food product. Free electives include opportunities for international exchange, professional internships or subjects from UTS Science, Law, and Design, Architecture and Building.
- Business subjects include the study of fundamental business theory and practice, plus specialist learning in one or more specialist disciplines. Students can choose majors, sub-majors and electives in Accounting, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Business Data Analytics, Business Law, Economics, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Technology, International Business, Management. Major extensions are also available in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management and Marketing.
Course aims
Where food tech and business meet
With its focus on the whole food system and the circular economy, the Bachelor of Food Science and Technology Bachelor of Business is unique in New South Wales. Students gain industry relevant food science skills both in and beyond the lab and the business acumen to bring new food products to life.
Customisable learning
Students can use their option subjects to deepen their scientific or business expertise or expand their learning. Options include The Bio Kitchen, with its focus on the creation of novel biomaterials, Analytical Chemistry and Biobusiness.
Study in purpose-built facilities
As a university of technology, UTS is known for its commitment to practice-based teaching and the integration of new technologies into course design and development. Students learn in the world-class Hive Superlab and UTS Science Superlab, two tech-driven learning environments that support simultaneous teaching of multiple classes in a single collaborative space. Dedicated food processing and sensory laboratories will allow students to hone their skills in food processing, production and product design.
Career options
A diversity of positions in a variety of food and beverage companies from large multinationals to innovative start-up companies, including roles focused on food and beverage product development, manufacturing, quality and safety testing, nutritional assessment, packaging, storage and distribution and sustainable production.
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTSAll UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.
Diploma in InnovationThe Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.
All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.
Transdisciplinary electives programTransdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Explain how applying and integrating current food science, technologies and research can help the development and sustainable production of safe, healthy and commercially viable food and beverage products. |
| 2.1 | Apply critical, strategic and creative reasoning to assess and interpret scientific data and articulate issues or advances related to Food Science and Technology. |
| 3.1 | Articulate how Food Science underpins a healthy and sustainable society and demonstrate knowledge and commitment to the professional, ethical and social contexts and impacts related to Food Science and Technology in the economy. |
| 4.1 | Identify, reflect upon, and create opportunities to innovate and develop strategies to achieve meaningful outcomes in food science and technology. |
| 5.1 | Display effective and appropriate communication approaches independently or collaboratively to report, persuade, and respond to a range of audiences. |
| 6.1 | Acquire and apply knowledge of Indigenous Australian contexts to inform professional capabilities to work effectively with and for Indigenous Australians across the food science profession. |
| BUS.1.1 | Apply evidence, creativity and critical reasoning to solve business problems. |
| BUS.2.1 | Communicate information clearly in a form appropriate for its audience. |
| BUS.2.2 | Demonstrate ability to work independently and with others as a member of a team to achieve an agreed goal. |
| BUS.3.1 | Make judgements and business decisions consistent with the principles of social responsibility and inclusion. |
| BUS.4.1 | Apply technical and professional skills to operate effectively in business. |
| BUS.5.1 | Acquire and apply knowledge and skills relevant to working with and for Indigenous peoples in a specific professional business context. |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Assumed knowledge
Mathematics Advanced; any two units of English; any two units of Science.
Chemistry, Mathematics Advanced are recommended.Course duration and attendance
Students can complete the course over four years of full-time or eight years of part-time study. Part-time students are required to attend some classes in daytime hours.
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 192 credit points, made up of 96 credit points of food science and technology subjects and 96 credit points of business subjects.
Graduation from the food science and technology component of the combined degree is not possible prior to completion of all components of the combined degree. Students wishing to graduate with a Bachelor of Food Science and Technology prior to completion of the business component of the combined degree must apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Food Science and Technology (C10482) single degree program where they must complete all requirements for the stand-alone single degree.
Similarly, if a student wishes to graduate from the business component of the combined degree prior to completion of the science component they must apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Business (C10026) single degree program where they must complete all requirements for the stand-alone single degree.
Course completion requirements
| CBK90169 Major choice (Business) | 48cp | |
| STM90273 Core subjects (Business) | 48cp | |
| STM91915 Core subjects (Food Science and Technology) | 96cp | |
| Total | 192cp |
Course program
Typical course programs are shown below.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91251 Foundations of Food Science | 6cp | |
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 22108 Accounting and Accountability | 6cp | |
| 21212 People and Organisations | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 23115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
| 24109 Marketing and Customer Value | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91256 Food and Nutrition | 6cp | |
| 22208 Accounting, Business and Society | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91254 Food Safety and Quality | 6cp | |
| 26134 Responsible Evidence-Based Decisions | 6cp | |
| 25400 Financial Literacy | 6cp | |
| 21214 Business and Social Impact | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 91142 Biotechnology | 6cp | |
| 85001 The Bio Kitchen | 6cp | |
| 65306 Analytical Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91252 Food Processing | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91255 Chemistry and Physics of Food | 6cp | |
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| 91369 Biobusiness | 6cp | |
| 91368 Bioreactors and Bioprocessing | 6cp | |
| 91253 Food Product Development | 6cp | |
| Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 22108 Accounting and Accountability | 6cp | |
| 21212 People and Organisations | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| January Session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| Autumn session | ||
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91251 Foundations of Food Science | 6cp | |
| 23115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| 91254 Food Safety and Quality | 6cp | |
| 24109 Marketing and Customer Value | 6cp | |
| 22208 Accounting, Business and Society | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 26134 Responsible Evidence-Based Decisions | 6cp | |
| 25400 Financial Literacy | 6cp | |
| 91256 Food and Nutrition | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 91142 Biotechnology | 6cp | |
| 85001 The Bio Kitchen | 6cp | |
| 65306 Analytical Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91252 Food Processing | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 21214 Business and Social Impact | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91255 Chemistry and Physics of Food | 6cp | |
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91368 Bioreactors and Bioprocessing | 6cp | |
| 91369 Biobusiness | 6cp | |
| 91253 Food Product Development | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| MAJ08981 Advertising and Marketing Communications | 48cp | |
| MAJ08437 Accounting | 48cp | |
| MAJ09209 Economics | 48cp | |
| MAJ08440 Finance | 48cp | |
| MAJ08446 Human Resource Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08442 International Business | 48cp | |
| MAJ08438 Management | 48cp | |
| MAJ08441 Marketing | 48cp | |
Honours
The Bachelor of Science (Honours) (C09168) is available to eligible students with an additional one year of full-time study.
Other information
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