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M.S. Requirements

Specific Course Requirements

Thesis & Non-Thesis Option M.S.:

• FSHN 580 (first fall semester)
• FSHN 581 (spring semester after taking FSHN 580)
• FSHN 681 (semester of graduation)
• FSHN 682 (every spring and fall semester)
• BBMB 404, 405, or 420, if another biochemistry course has been taken as an undergraduate student with satisfactory grade (determined by POSC)
• Stat 571
• 1 course in nutrition: Food Science majors should have a basic understanding of nutrition evidenced by course work in a nutrition course as an undergraduate food science major or credit in one of the following courses. Acceptable courses on the POSC include: FSHN 360, 517, 575, NutrS 501, 503, 619. (approved by POSC).
• FSHN 590C, 1 credit Teaching Assistant (TA) requirement
• FSHN 699 (minimum of 3 credits; For minimum credits required during the summer, please check the ISU graduate handbook).

Thesis option

• > 20 coursework credits including:
  • > 9 credits in food science graduate-level courses with letter grade (excluding 542, 580, 581 590C, 681, 682) which includes:
  • > 5-6 credits at 600-level in food science (excluding 681 & 682)
• Minimum total credit requirement for thesis option is 30 total credits.

Non-thesis option

• > 30 coursework credits including:
  • > 12 credits in food science graduate-level courses with letter grades
  • (excluding 542, 580, 581 590C, 681, 682) which includes:
  • > 6 credits of 600-level in food science with letter grades (excluding 681, 682)
• Minimum credit requirement for non-thesis option is 36 total credits.

Ph.D. requirements

Students must complete 35 credits of coursework (may include masters coursework), including at least 12 credits of FSHN graduate-level courses (excluding FSHN 542, 580, 581, 590C, 681, 682), 6 of which must be at 600-level (excluding FSHN 681, 682). For course descriptions view the catalog. Specific course requirements

• FSHN 580 (first fall semester, if not previously taken)
• FSHN 581 (spring semester after taking FSHN 580, if not previously taken)
• FSHN 681 (semester of graduation)
• FSHN 682 (every spring and fall semester)
• BBMB 404, BBMB 405, or BBMB 420
• Stat 571^@
• Seminar 2 credits (FSHN 681 plus 1 credit additional seminar experience^$)
• 1 course in nutrition^@
• 1 credit in grant writing experience**
• FSHN 590C, 1 credit as part of TA requirement
• FSHN 699 (minimum of 3 credits)

^@ If not taken in MS POS

** FSHN 695 or equivalent

^$ AgEds 514, journal club (FSHN 590)