Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences

01.1001 - Food Science

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of converting raw agricultural products into processed forms suitable for direct human consumption, and the storage of such products. These programs include courses in applicable aspects of the agricultural sciences, human physiology and nutrition, food chemistry, agricultural products processing, food additives, food preparation and packaging, food storage and shipment, and related aspects of human health and safety including toxicology and pathology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Food chemistry
  • Food science

• Exclusion

  • Food processing(01.1002)
  • Cooking(12.0500)
  • Food preparation(12.0505)
  • Food engineering(14.0301)
  • Human nutritional sciences(30.1901)