Cheese Maker Certificate

Description

Learn all aspects of making cheese—from scientific to technological principles to unit operations and quality control. Attend ongoing master classes that focus on particular cheese varieties and techniques and expand your repertoire from the Ontario and Canadian cheese industry.

This comprehensive cheesemaking program is comprised of five required core courses, one face to face and 4 by distance education (DE). Each DE course is three weeks in length with two to three hours of independent work required each day. The face-to-face course is one-week long.

The condensed content and online course delivery provide working professionals and international students with the flexibility to complete the certification while continuing to work.

Additional Information
You can take the courses in any order and in any amount of time, there is no time limit to complete all courses
When you have completed all the requirements for this certificate, you can request your parchment through the OpenEd Student Portal.

 
Core Courses - 5 Course(s)

The Cheese Maker Certificate requires five (5) courses, one (1) course that is face-to-face, hands-on and four (4) courses that are by distance education (DE).

2000150  Introduction to Cheese Making Technology
2000151  Introduction to Dairy Fermentations
2000152  Cheese Composition and Yield Control
2000153  Cheese Safety and Quality Assurance
2000154  Cheese Ripening and Grading

 
Master Classes
 
Minimum Required 0 Course(s)

Electives (non-mandatory)

2000155  Ripened Lactic Acid Cheeses
2000156  Pasta Filata Master Class
2000157  Latin American Cheese
 

Overview

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  • Institution: University of Guelph
  • Program type: Certificate
  • Language: English
  • Program Code:
  • Delivery Method: Fully Online/Distance

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