Specialisation Quality Control and Assurance
Academic year, study load and course names and codes
The Academic Year of Wageningen University consists of 6 periods from 4-8 weeks (6 or 12 credits per period). In one study year you are assumed to take 60 credits (European Credits or ECTS). In period 1, 2 and 5 two subjects are taught, generally one in the morning and one in the afternoon. These periods consist of 6 weeks of teaching, followed by one week of self study and one week of exams. Period 3 and 4 are shorter, 4 weeks long, and in these weeks one course is taught blockwise (courses are scheduled whole day, in the morning and in the afternoon) and fulltime. In week 4 the course exam is scheduled. Period 6 consists of 9 weeks, due to many national holidays in the spring. In this period MFQ students can attend either one 12-credits-course or two 6-credits-courses (this depends on the MFQ specialization)..
Every course has besides its name a code. The code: AAA-xyyzz, with AAA the teaching group ('department') responsible for the course (for example FQD=Food Quality and Design, FHM=Food Microbiology), x indicates the level of the course (1=basic, 2=intermediate, 3=advanced), yy is an arbitrary number, zz indicates the number of credits in ECTS.
The table below shows the specialization programme and courses. The course content can be found in the on-line study handbook.
First year
Course | Type | Period and Time* |
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Compulsory courses (CS): | ||
FQD-20306 Food Quality Management | CS | 1M |
LAW-22806 Food Law | CS | 2M |
FQD-38306 Advanced Tools in Quality Management | CS | 3WD |
FQD-64306 Food Quality Management Research Principles 1 | CS | 4WD |
FQD-64806 Food Quality Management Research Principles 2 | CS | 5M |
FHM-61312 Food Safety Management | CS | 6WD |
Choose 1 restricted optional 1A course (RO1A) based on your background: | ||
FQD-22306 Food Quality Analysis and Judgement | RO1A | 2A |
FQD-31806 Product Properties and Consumer Wishes | RO1A | 2A |
When your background is in food science or technology, choose the course FQD-31806 Product Properties and Consumer Wishes. When your background is not in food science, choose FQD-22306 Food Quality Analysis and Judgement. | ||
Choose 1 restricted optional 1B course (RO1B): | ||
BEC-21306 Food Safety Economics | RO1B | 5A |
FQD-36306 Food Fraud and Mitigation | RO1B | 5A |
*M=Morning course, A=Afternoon course, WD=Whole day course, scheduled in the morning and in the afternoon. |
Second year
The second year consists of an individual thesis project (minimum 36 ECTS) and an internship/traineeship (minimum 24 ECTS). The topics of the thesis and internship has to be within the scope of the specialisation. The thesis is carried out at Wageningen University. Thesis topics are offered by the Food Quality and Design group. The internship is always outside Wageningen University and can be in any country, at a university, an industry or an institute, under supervision of the Food Quality and Design group.