Food Science (MR)

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Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		12
Select six hours of coursework listed under "Core Courses" approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Select an additional six hours of coursework listed under either "Core Courses" or "Elective Courses" approved in conjunction with the academic commitee
Seminar Course		1
FS 780	Seminar In Food Science
Additional Courses		17
"Additional Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee ^*
Internship / Research Course		6
FS 620	Special Problems In Food Science
or FS 693	Master's Supervised Research
Total Hours		36

"Additional Courses" may include FS courses and/or interdisciplinary courses.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select courses from at least two categories below:		12
Chemistry-Biochemistry
FS 567	Sensory Analysis of Foods	3
Engineering
FS 741	Thermal Processing of Foods	3
Microbiology
FS 540	Food Safety and Public Health	3
FS 725	Fermentation Microbiology	3
Nutrition
FS 501	Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism	3
FS 555	Exercise Nutrition	3
NTR 701	Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism	3
NTR 706	Vitamin Metabolism	3
NTR 708	Energy Metabolism	3
NTR 775	Mineral Metabolism	3
Processing Technology
FS 516	Quality Control in Food and Bioprocessing	3
FS 522	Food Packaging	3
FS 530	Post-Harvest Food Safety	3
FS 535	Food Safety Management Systems	3
FS 751	Food Ingredient Technology In Product Development	4

Course List
Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
FS 520	Pre-Harvest Food Safety
FS 526	Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory
FS 550	Food Industry Study Tour
FS 554	Lactation, Milk, and Nutrition
FS 557	Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
FS 562	Postharvest Physiology
FS 580	Professional Development and Ethics in Food Safety
Additional courses may be selected in conjunction with the academic committee