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Program description - September 2022
This program will teach the practical and scientific knowledge needed to understand small-scale artisanal cheese production as well as larger scale manufacturing. It offers a whole system perspective on cheese making, from animal husbandry and welfare, forage and feed, dairy production, and milk quality. The program covers both the science and art of cheese making by exploring raw and pasteurized milk theory, cheese microbiology, coagulants, curdling mechanisms, and starters. In-classroom theory sessions as well as hands-on and observational cheese making, will focus on the production of lactic, hard, soft, and traditional cheeses. After learning to make cheeses, focus shifts to affinage, with attention to ripening cultures, climate control, rind treatment, and handling throughout the aging process.
Program details
Tuition & fees
Tuition and fee details for the 2021-2022 year are listed below. Books and supplies are additional. Tuition and fee details for terms starting September 2022 and later will be available Spring 2022.
2 Terms
Canadian
International
Canadian fee details
| Description | Fall 2021 | Winter 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time Program Tuition | $1348.00 | $1348.00 |
| Administration Fee | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Capital Development Fee - Waterloo | $48.00 | $48.00 |
| CSI Health Plan Fee | $300.00 | - |
| CSI Association Fee | $110.00 | $110.00 |
| CSI Legal Protection | $30.00 | - |
| eText Fee | $587.00 | $187.00 |
| Graduation/Alumni Services Fee | $27.50 | $27.50 |
| HST | $5.18 | - |
| ONE Card Fee | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Program Supply Fee | $375.00 | $375.00 |
| Student Services | $60.50 | $60.50 |
| Supply Fee (Taxed) | $39.82 | - |
| Technology Enhancement Fee | $137.50 | $137.50 |
| CSI - Student Frosh Kit Fee (optional) | $65.00 | - |
| CSI Event Fee and Campus Life (optional) | $30.00 | $15.00 |
| CSI Student Clubs and Societies (optional) | $4.00 | $4.00 |
| Sustainability Fee (optional) | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Term Total | $3207.50 | $2352.50 |
| Year Total | $5560.00 |
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International fee details
| Description | Fall 2021 | Winter 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| International Program Tuition | $6675.00 | $6675.00 |
| Administration Fee | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| Capital Development Fee - Waterloo | $48.00 | $48.00 |
| CSI Health Plan Fee | $300.00 | - |
| CSI Association Fee | $110.00 | $110.00 |
| CSI International Health Fee | $530.00 | - |
| CSI Legal Protection | $30.00 | - |
| eText Fee | $587.00 | $187.00 |
| Graduation/Alumni Services Fee | $27.50 | $27.50 |
| HST | $5.18 | - |
| ISR | $375.00 | $375.00 |
| ONE Card Fee | $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Program Supply Fee | $375.00 | $375.00 |
| Student Services | $60.50 | $60.50 |
| Supply Fee (Taxed) | $39.82 | - |
| Technology Enhancement Fee | $137.50 | $137.50 |
| CSI - Student Frosh Kit Fee (optional) | $65.00 | - |
| CSI Event Fee and Campus Life (optional) | $30.00 | $15.00 |
| CSI Student Clubs and Societies (optional) | $4.00 | $4.00 |
| Sustainability Fee (optional) | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Term Total | $9439.50 | $8054.50 |
| Year Total | $17494.00 |
Returning student tuition & fees
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Awards & scholarships
Student Financial Services awarded more than 400 awards, scholarships and bursaries last year.
Delivery sequence - September 2022 - Waterloo
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING |
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| Class | Class |