Undergraduate Certificate in Food BioScience

Dalhousie University

Dalhousies Agricultural Campus offers the only Food Bioscience Certificate in Atlantic Canada. There is currently a global shift from malnutrition to over consumption of calories through imbalanced nutrition contributing to a myriad of health complications. This Certificate offers hands-on lab work to help develop the skills needed to contribute innovative solutions to some of the worlds greatest food problems. Learn techniques for measuring content in foods (bioactives and antioxidants) government regulations and valuable food safety courses preparing you for a breadth of career options in the food industry.Having an initial bachelors degree this specialization at the post-baccalaureate level will position you to contribute to commercial and research organizations developing producing marketing and analyzing novel food and food supplement products. There has never been a greater time in Canada to get involved in this industry and gain skills and knowledge related to emerging areas of food and nutraceutical sciences for the 21st century. The certificate will also complement and facilitate those who wish to explore postgraduate studies in a wide range of disciplines.This certificate is open to students who possess a Bachelor of Science or similar degree in any natural science or applied life science field with a minimum CGPA of 3.0 in the last two years of undergraduate studies. Students who have taken any courses listed in their undergraduate program shall receive a maximum of six credit hours waiver to complete the certificate.