Food Science (PhD)
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 15 | |
| Select nine 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 committee | ||
| Supervised Teaching Course | 2 | |
| Doctoral Supervised Teaching 1 | ||
| Seminar Course | 1 | |
| Seminar In Food Science | ||
| Research Ethics Course | 1 | |
| "Research Ethics" course will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee | ||
| Additional Courses | 53 | |
| "Additional Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours 2 | ||
| Total Hours | 72 | |
- 1
Two semesters of ¹ó³§Ìý885 Doctoral Supervised Teaching are required.
- 2
"Additional Courses" may include ¹ó³§Ìý895 Doctoral Dissertation Research, FS courses, optional minor courses, and/or interdisciplinary courses.
Core Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select courses from at least three categories below: | ||
Chemistry-Biochemistry | ||
| ¹ó³§Ìý567 | Sensory Analysis of Foods | 3 |
Engineering | ||
| ¹ó³§Ìý741 | Thermal Processing of Foods | 3 |
Microbiology | ||
| ¹ó³§Ìý540 | Food Safety and Public Health | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý725 | Fermentation Microbiology | 3 |
Nutrition | ||
| ¹ó³§Ìý501 | Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý555 | Exercise Nutrition | 3 |
| ±·°Õ¸éÌý701 | Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism | 3 |
| ±·°Õ¸éÌý706 | Vitamin Metabolism | 3 |
| ±·°Õ¸éÌý708 | Energy Metabolism | 3 |
| ±·°Õ¸éÌý775 | Mineral Metabolism | 3 |
Processing Technology | ||
| ¹ó³§Ìý516 | Quality Control in Food and Bioprocessing | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý522 | Food Packaging | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý530 | Post-Harvest Food Safety | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý535 | Food Safety Management Systems | 3 |
Elective Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ¹ó³§Ìý520 | Pre-Harvest Food Safety | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý526 | Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory | 2 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý550 | Food Industry Study Tour | 2 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý554 | Lactation, Milk, and Nutrition | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý557 | Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý562 | Postharvest Physiology | 3 |
| ¹ó³§Ìý580 | Professional Development and Ethics in Food Safety | 1 |
| Additional courses may be approved in conjunction with the academic committee | ||
Full Professors
- Kenneth E. Anderson
- Benjamin James Chapman
- Scott A. Hale
- Hosni Moustafa Hassan
- Lee-Ann Jaykus
- Sophia Kathariou
- Saad A. Khan
- Colin David Kay
Associate Professors
Assistant Professors
Practice/Research/Teaching Professors
Adjunct Faculty
- Pablo Marcelo Coronel
- Jack Parker Davis
- Brian E. Farkas
- Mario Giovanni Ferruzzi
- William Ronald Aimutis Jr.
- Katherine Patterson Maloney
- Tawanda Muzhingi