The Master S Degree Food Science at Bircham International University is a distance learning master’s degree that focuses on the management of food service systems, including purchasing, receiving, inventory regulation, and factors affecting nutrients in food. It also reviews food quality-control parameters such as sensory, color, and texture, and examines added-value such as traditional or novel commodity, ingredient, and process combinations.
The program is designed for adults and professionals and is delivered online via distance learning. It uses a structure of 70% textbooks and 30% project. The curriculum includes Food Science Online plus research methodology and a final project or thesis, and it requires 36 to 54 academic credits. It also includes an option to study recommended textbooks, which are included in the fees.
Modules
- Food Science Online
- Research methodology and final project or thesis
- 501FOS - Food Production & Services
- 502FOS - Food Preservation
- 503FOS - Food Additives
- 504FOS - Food Policy & Safety
- 505FOS - Food Chemistry
- 506FOS - Food Processing
- 507FOS - Food Science
- 508FOS - Bioprocessing of Byproducts
- 509FOS - Food Production Quality
- 510FOS - Food Biotechnology
