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Bachelor of Science - Food Technology and Operations Management
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology and Operations Management

Bachelor of Science - Food Technology and Operations Management

  • ID:BCIT10040
  • Level:2-Year Bachelor's Degree
  • Duration:
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements

English requirements

  • IELTS

    • If your program requires: English 12, 73%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 7

    • If your program requires: English 12, 67%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 6.5

    • If your program requires: English 12, 50 %, You need these scores on the IELTS: 6.0

  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic)

    • If your program requires: English 12, 73%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 65

    • If your program requires: English 12, 67%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 60

    • If your program requires: English 12, 50 %, You need these scores on the IELTS: 52

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

    • If your program requires: English 12, 73%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 90

    • If your program requires: English 12, 67%, You need these scores on the IELTS: 86

    • If your program requires: English 12, 50 %, You need these scores on the IELTS: 82

Course Information

The Food Technology and Operations Management BSc program was requested by the industry and has been designed to meet their specific demands. Unique to BCIT, this new, innovative program is serious about advancing your career in food technology.

More than the basics of laboratory and quality control, this program focuses on the advanced business, technical, and regulatory skills that are required for senior level positions in the food industry. This program will allow you to:

  • Take the lead on higher risk decision making and responsibility

  • Improve processes and operations

  • Develop dynamic teams and people

  • Innovate food safety and sustainability in a global environment

About the program

  • Two-year, full-time bachelor of science completion program

  • Distance and online learning gives you the flexibility to fit courses into your lifestyle

  • Case studies push your critical thinking and problem-solving skills into real world situations

For more information on Food Technology and Operations Management BSc see Program Details.

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Program matrix

Level 5 (15 weeks)

  • BUSA 7250, Management Skills and Applications

  • FOOD 5040, Food Chemistry

  • FOOD 5050, Product Development 2

  • FOOD 5255, Assessing and Managing Risks

  • OPMT 5343, Operations Management 2

  • LIBS 7002, Applied Ethics*

Level 6 (15 weeks)

  • FOOD 6010, Advanced food Processing

  • FOOD 6050, Food Plant Layout and Design

  • FOOD 6255, Management and Regulatory Affairs

  • OPMT 6343, Logistics, Inventory and Production

  • LIBS 7001, Critical Reading and Writing*

Level 7 (15 weeks)

  • BUSA 7200, Business, Society and Ethics

  • FOOD 7030, Quality Systems

  • FOOD 7070, Sustainability and the Environment for Food Processors

  • OPMT 7070, Project Management

  • OPMT 7170, Process Improvement

  • LIBS 7006, Philosophy of Science: Understanding Scientific Reasoning*

Level 8 (15 weeks)

  • BUSA 8000, Human Relations and Management

  • FOOD 8255, HACCP and Food Safety Implementation

  • FOOD 8390, Applied Research Project

  • OPMT 8070, Vendor Certification/Supplier Assessment

Total Credits:, 69.0

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

The food industry is asking for our grads. You will complete the Food Technology and Operations Management BSc program with everything you need to move your career forward.

Lead high performing teams. Develop cutting edge quality control strategies. Learn operations management. Build better systems and grow stronger people. Advanced careers in the food industry start here.

Career opportunities

  • Quality assurance manager or director

  • Quality assurance strategist

  • Operations manager or director

  • Process improvement analyst

  • Production manager

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance/year: 700 CAD

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