Family and Consumer Sciences (Food Science and Technology) - Master of Science

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences offers a Master of Science degree with a concentration in Food Science and Technology. The degree is earned after satisfactory completion of 30 credit hours of upper division and graduate-level courses. The curriculum is completed in four academic semesters and includes a creative component. Once admitted to the program, each student will work with an advisor to develop an academic plan of study. The major advisor and the student will also select an advisory committee consisting of an additional departmental faculty member and a third member from outside the department.

Prefix Title Credits
Require Core Courses
Statistics 13
Research Methods 23
FCSC 5999Master's Thesis (Creative Component) 36
Choose 18 credits from the following (in consultation with advisor):18
FSTE 4150
Food Safety3
FSTE 4997
Special Problems1-4
FSTE 5110
Food Microbiology0,3
FSTE 5120
Food Chemistry3
FSTE 5230
Food Processing Technologies0,4
FSTE 5250
Sensory Evaluation of Foods0,3
FSTE 5140
Food Analysis0,3
FSTE 5130
Food Preservation3
FSTE 5997
Special Research Programs1-4
FCSC 5996
Special Topics1-4
Total Credits30
1

Any statistics course that is approved by major advisor

2

Any research methods course that is approved by major advisor

3

The creative component of the program involves completing at least 6 credits of FCSC 5999 Master's Thesis. This requires the student, in consultation with the advisory committee, to conduct a research project and prepare a written manuscript. The student will present results of the project in the graduate seminar and then be examined by the advisory committee.