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Canadian Food and Wine Institute
Advanced Diploma of Culinary Innovation and Food Technology (Co-op)
Advanced Diploma of Culinary Innovation and Food Technology (Co-op)

Advanced Diploma of Culinary Innovation and Food Technology (Co-op)

  • ID:NC010031
  • Level:3-Year Undergraduate Advanced Diploma
  • Duration:
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Fees (CAD)

* Essential Fee, Health Insurance, Public Transit (Upass), Books and Supplies, etc

Estimated Total/program:
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60
Accept letter
100
Visa
20
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1

Admission Requirements

Entry requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
    • English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
    • Mathematics – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent

English requirements

  • Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE), 169 with no skill below 162
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test, 6 (No Individual band under 5.5)
  • Duolingo Language Test, Between 105 – 110 Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test, 79 with 20 in Writing and 20 in Speaking
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE), 53-57 Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL), 60 with no individual band less than 50 Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP), Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%

Course Information

As a Culinary Innovation and Food Technology graduate you will be a culinary innovator with the unique ability to develop and improve foods, products and operations; reduce food safety risks and ensure regulations are met; and provide nutritional labelling and analysis.

Highlights

  • The Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College is renowned for its outstanding reputation with graduates, employers and industry partners.

  • 125-acre Niagara-on-the Lake campus is located in the heart of Ontario’s thriving hospitality industry and serves as a living lab for students including leading-edge baking facilities, a 40-acre on-site vineyard, NC Teaching Brewery, NC Teaching Distillery, NC Teaching Spa, NC Greenhouse Nursery, hop yard, and apiary.

  • Onsite teaching restaurant, Benchmark, is led by world-class chef faculty, and paired with our brewery and winery to complement training and provide connections to public research.

  • Co-op work term offers applied research experience in product development and food science.

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Term One (2021 Fall)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • CHEM1105, Introduction to Food Chemistry, 3

  • CULN1112, Introduction to Product and Process Engineering, 3

  • CULN1121, Introduction to Food Principles, 3

  • NUTN1175, Nutrition, 3

  • CULN1148, Garde Manger I, 3

  • CULN1145, Culinary Techniques I, 3

  • CULN1150, Culinary Essentials, 3

Term Two (2022 Winter)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • ENGL1098, Language and Communications, 3

  • CULN1115, Nutrition for Food Technology, 3

  • CULN1221, Understanding Quality Ingredients, 3

  • CULN1248, Garde Manger II, 3

  • CULN1245, Culinary Techniques II, 3

  • BAKG1110, Baking Essentials, 3

Term Three (2022 Fall)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • BAKG1445, Integrated Baking Production for the Processing Engineer, 3

  • BIOL1130, Introduction to Microbiology, 3

  • CHEM1205, Food Chemistry I, 4

  • COMM1088, I-Think: The Science of Thinking and Problem Solving, 3

  • CULN1223, Food Law and Regulations, 3

  • CULN1423, Food and Wine Dynamics, 3

  • MATH1150, Mathematics of Functions, 3

Term Four (2023 Winter)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • BIOL1230, Food Microbiology I, 4

  • COMM1430, Technical Communications, 3

  • CULN1224, Functional Ingredients and Additives, 3

  • CULN1226, International Cuisine in Food Development, 3

  • CULN1227, Packaging and Shelf Life Analysis, 3

  • CULN1228, Product and Process Engineering I, 3

  • MATH1310, Statistical Concepts, 3

Term Five (Co-Op) (2023 Spring)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • COOP1300, Co-op Work Term, 0

Term Six (2023 Fall)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • CHEM1305, Food Chemistry II, 4

  • CULN1312, Modern Culinary Applications, 3

  • CULN1313, Preserving and Curing, 3

  • CULN1314, Product and Process Engineering II, 3

  • CULN1315, Quality Control, 3

  • CULN1323, Culinary Innovation, 3

  • Elective Information

  • Completion of additional General Education elective 1 course required

Term Seven (2024 Winter)

  • Code, Course Name, Credits

  • ACCT9700, Financial and Managerial Accounting, 3

  • CULN1311, Food Sensory Analysis, 3

  • CULN1324, Food Microbiology II, 4

  • CULN1325, Recipe Development, 3

  • CULN1326, Food Research and Capstone Project, 3

  • Elective Information

  • Completion of additional General Education elective 1 course required

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Pre Courses

Our EAP program is designed to strengthen all areas of your English Language skills with the ultimate goal of preparing you for the workforce or to allow you to continue your studies in one of our undergraduate or graduate programs at Niagara College. The EAP program is taught at our Welland Campus that sits on over 100 acres of land. This large campus is ideally located in a residential area that is close to restaurants, shops and nice, single family homes. Many of these homes are part of our Homestay program allowing our homestay students to live within walking distance of the school.

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Pathway Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Food packaging technologist

  • Food production manager

  • Food research and development manager

  • Food technologist

  • Product developer

  • Quality assurance manager

  • Research chef

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Mandatory Insurance   

 

 

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