Program Overview

Culinary ScienceEolaíocht Cócaireachta

Course Title: Bachelor of Science (Honours) Culinary Science

TU Code: TU944

NFQ Level: Level 8

Award Type: Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Duration: 4 years

Number of Places: 16

Location: Grangegorman

Fees: EU Fees, Non-EU Fees

What is... Culinary Science?

Culinary science is a rapidly growing discipline. The food industry needs to satisfy the demands of consumers requiring value-added, high-quality, tasty food. This course will prepare you for a career as a development chef or food product developer, as well as for other roles in the manufacturing, retail and related food industries.

Course Overview

This course is a joint degree offered by the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology and the School of Food Science and Environmental Health. The first two years of the course will provide you with practical skills in kitchens, food science and nutrition in our labs. The kitchen skills focus on professional cookery, whereas science focuses on food research and experimentation. Years 3 and 4 focus on the everyday needs of a dynamic concept/development chef. Overall, you’ll gain skills and knowledge in the sciences and culinary arts which will be applied during two specific work placements. You will engage in a food product development research project which will involve creating a product in an industrial kitchen and analysing its properties in a range of specialist laboratories.

Study Abroad Opportunities

Students have opportunities to undertake placements abroad, and can avail of Erasmus funding for these placements.

Work Placement

In Year 3, you’ll benefit from two 12-week placements, one a food science placement and the other a culinary placement.

Minimum Entry Requirements

To qualify for Advanced Entry applicants must be currently studying, completing, or have successfully completed, studies at Level 6, 7 or 8 in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) or an equivalent, in a related area. You must demonstrate by providing transcripts of results that you have achieved the learning outcomes for each stage you wish to advance past, for example:

• To enter Year 2 via Advanced Entry, you must demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for Year 1.
• For entry to Year 3, you must demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for Years 1 and 2.
• For entry to Year 4, you must demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes for Years 1, 2, and 3.

If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website.

Career Opportunities

Major food companies are investing heavily in innovative approaches to develop novel high-quality foods. They need culinary science graduates.

Many food businesses employ both chefs and scientists, but if you combine skills and knowledge in both disciplines you’ll readily gain employment as a Development Chef or Food Product Developer. Graduates can also set up their own food business.

Careers in Culinary Science include:

• Government Agencies
• Management
• Dev. Chef
• Start Up
• Hospital Catering
• Food Safety
• Food Analysis
• Research
• Retail
• Cookery School
• New Product Development

Module Listing

Year One

• Chemistry Application for Culinary Science 2 [Mandatory]
• Computer Applications and Digital skills [Mandatory]
• Culinary Science and Technology 1 [Mandatory]
• Food Safety for Culinary Science [Mandatory]
• Introductory Nutrition [Mandatory]
• Kitchen & Larder 1 [Mandatory]
• Mathematics for Food Scientists [Mandatory]

Year Two

• Chemistry Application for Culinary Science 1 [Mandatory]
• Mathematics for Food Scientists [Mandatory]
• Kitchen and Larder 2 [Mandatory]
• Pastry 1: Pastry and Confectionery [Mandatory]
• Applied Food Industry Communications [Mandatory]
• Fundamentals of Business Management & Marketing [Mandatory]

Year Three

• Fundamental Molecular Gastronomy [Mandatory]
• Introductory Accounting for Hospitality Businesses [Mandatory]
• Pastry 2 [Mandatory]
• Culinary Science and Technology 2 [Mandatory]
• Diet, Health and Disease [Mandatory]
• Culinary Healthy Choices [Mandatory]

Year Four

• Applied Microbiology [Mandatory]
• Food Physics [Mandatory]
• Research Methods For Culinary Science [Mandatory]
• Introduction to Food Science and Analysis [Mandatory]
• Food Process Technology [Mandatory]
• Food Product Development 1 [Mandatory]

Progression

On graduation you may continue to postgraduate study at TU Dublin.