M.S. Concentration in Food and 营养 Specialization in Food Science and 营养 Science

科学、技术、工程和数学学院

理学硕士(M.S.)，主修食品与营养, specialization in Food Science and 营养 Science offers a unique resource geared to advanced and traditional interest of the region’s food and nutritional science-based economies. 支持应用食品生物技术的学术项目, 食品科学技术与食品工程, 还有营养生物化学, can be tailored to meet the thesis or non-thesis needs of graduate students.

As a natural extension of the University’s century-long commitment to food and nutritional studies, the Master of Science program is dedicated to the vigorous product development and technical support of the food production, 生物技术, 工业, and medical sectors of the Commonwealth that will shape the 21st century economy of the region.

项目要求

The program requires a minimum of ten (10) courses: four (4) core courses, 五(5)集中课程, and one (1) approved elective course; plus undergraduate prerequisite courses required for students without an appropriate academic background. 学生 may take courses in any sequence subject to the following general requirements:

1. 学生 must have completed all the undergraduate prerequisite courses before registering for core, 主修或选修课程;
2. NUTR 903高级营养和代谢 must be repeated if passed with a grade lower than B- (2.70).
3. An oral comprehensive examination is required as the student’s culminating experience.

本科必修课程

• 人体生理学原理
• 微生物学原理
• 化学301生物化学
• FDSC 151 Principles of Food Science (not required for students having had an acceptable foods course)
• MATH 208 Biostatistics (not required of students having had an acceptable statistics course)
• 数学219微积分I

^{注:必修本科课程, 如果带到其他地方, 必须与十大网赌信誉平台提供的课程相同. Furthermore, these courses must have been successfully completed within the last five (5) years.}

必修课程核心课程(4):

• 食品科学/营养生物化学研究与研讨会
• FDSC 960 Thesis in Food Science/营养al Bio化学 OR CHEM 921 Laboratory Practicum
• nutr874人类营养科学
• NUTR 903高级营养和代谢

必修专业课程(5)

• CHEM 821 Instrumental Analysis (an elective may be substituted with approval of the program advisor)
• FDSC 805食品分析
• FDSC 808食品化学
• FDSC 813食品安全和微生物学
• 食品工程与加工

必修课(一)

• An 800- or 900-level graduate elective course must be approved, in writing, by the student’s advisor.

申请的最后期限

Prior to application advising is available and recommended for graduate students interested in Food and 营养. 个人预约是 周三晚上4:30 - 7:30(美国东部时间)开放 亲自或通过咨询中心电话咨询. You can schedule an appointment with a Food and 营养 program advisor 在线 或者拨打(508)626-4540.  一定要特别向食品和营养顾问咨询.

学生 who need to fulfill the undergraduate prerequisites and plan to begin their studies in the fall semester must submit a complete application by January 1^st 2月1日前入学^st of the preceding academic year in order to register for certain laboratory courses, 虽然座位的可用性不能提前保证. 2月1日以后入学的学生^st may still begin their studies in the fall if seats are available in required undergraduate prerequisite courses. 其他申请以滚动录取的方式接受.

入学要求

申请人必须:

1. 完成 网上研究生入学申请
2. 提交50美元.00申请费
3. Have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university, 包括生物学的基础课程吗, 化学, 和数学.
4. 本科的平均质量分数不低于3分.0对4.0 scale, including acceptable grades in science 和数学 courses taken as an undergraduate.
5. Provide two letters of recommendation submitted on the Framingham State University Letter of Recommendation form and sent directly to the University’s 研究生招生 office by the recommender. 其中一封必须来自雇主或主管, and the other must be from a faculty member who has taught the candidate at collegiate level if the candidate attended classes in the last five years;
6. 提交一个类型, 300-word personal statement discussing their motivation for seeking a master’s degree in view of prior formal education, 目前工作职责, 职业规划;
7. Submit official test reports for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) which includes verbal and quantitative reasoning and analytical writing. Preferred minimum scores are: 150 verbal; 150 math; 4.0写.

学生 are evaluated primarily on the basis of their undergraduate degree program, GRE考试的成绩, 建议, 以及适用的专业经验. Specific courses that students are expected to have as part of their undergraduate education, 在他们提出申请之前, 是生物学, 普通化学I和II, 有机化学I和II(与FSU课程相当).

符合入学条件的学生, 但没有达到GPA要求, (1)平均成绩不低于2分.50在4上.(2)分析性写作得分至少为3分.50 would be considered for admissions after completing two prerequisite graduate courses. 学生的成绩必须达到B- (2).70分)，每门必修课程成绩较好，总体平均成绩为B(3分).00). 水平考试, 当完成, must be passed with equivalent grades if the student is to receive official admission. 学生 who earn a grade less than B- in any prerequisite courses will ordinarily be withdrawn from the program.

Applicants whose files become complete during the regular academic year will have their applications reviewed as soon as required documents have been received. Applicants whose files become complete during the summer months have their files reviewed during the summer at the convenience and availability of the admissions committee faculty. Applicants for full-time study should have their files complete by February 1^st 申请秋季入学，截止日期为9月1日^st for spring and summer admissions in order to maximize access to prerequisite undergraduate courses.

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