Distance Education Off-Campus Course Offerings . . . . . Spring 2008

COURSE TITLE:	Microbiology of Food
COURSE:	FS HN 521X
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	This course deals with the identification, enumeration, and characterization of bacteria, yeasts, and mold associated with foods and food processing. Effects of physical and chemical agents on micro-organisms will be studied. Microbiological problems in food spoilage, food preservation, food fermentation, and food-borne diseases will be discussed. This course is a web-based lecture course for off-campus distance education students.
PREREQUISITES:	Graduate classification; Microbiology course with laboratory; Offered through the Great Plains IDEA consortium, students will need to contact Carrie Brus for registration information and enrollment; cbrus@iastate.edu
CREDITS:	2 graduate credits
COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:	See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements
DATES:	January 17-May 16, 2008
DELIVERY METHOD:	Web, taught by Kansas State University
TUITION:	$415 per credit
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM:	Food Safety & Defense Graduate Certificate (GPIDEA program)
INSTRUCTOR:	Daniel Fung; dfung@ksu.edu
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:	January 14, 2008
TEXT:	No textbook is required.