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Food Science (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Core Courses15
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 Course2
Doctoral Supervised Teaching 1
Seminar Course1
Seminar In Food Science
Research Ethics Course1
"Research Ethics" course will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Additional Courses53
"Additional Courses" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours 2
Total Hours72
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

Select courses from at least three categories below:
Chemistry-Biochemistry
¹ó³§Ìý567Sensory Analysis of Foods3
Engineering
¹ó³§Ìý741Thermal Processing of Foods3
Microbiology
¹ó³§Ìý540Food Safety and Public Health3
¹ó³§Ìý725Fermentation Microbiology3
Nutrition
¹ó³§Ìý501Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism3
¹ó³§Ìý555Exercise Nutrition3
±·°Õ¸éÌý701Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism3
±·°Õ¸éÌý706Vitamin Metabolism3
±·°Õ¸éÌý708Energy Metabolism3
±·°Õ¸éÌý775Mineral Metabolism3
Processing Technology
¹ó³§Ìý516Quality Control in Food and Bioprocessing3
¹ó³§Ìý522Food Packaging3
¹ó³§Ìý530Post-Harvest Food Safety3
¹ó³§Ìý535Food Safety Management Systems3

Elective Courses

¹ó³§Ìý520Pre-Harvest Food Safety3
¹ó³§Ìý526Upstream Biomanufacturing Laboratory2
¹ó³§Ìý550Food Industry Study Tour2
¹ó³§Ìý554Lactation, Milk, and Nutrition3
¹ó³§Ìý557Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods3
¹ó³§Ìý562Postharvest Physiology3
¹ó³§Ìý580Professional Development and Ethics in Food Safety1
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