MS: Food Science and Human Nutrition, On Campus Thesis Track  
Concentration: Food Science    
     
Minimum Credits required for MS: 32 credits    
Minimum Required 500 level credits: 12    
Final Defense    
Thesis Deposit    
     
Thesis Research: Credit Credits Completed:
FSHN 599 Thesis Research
(only 6 research credits count toward degree)
(only 6 research credits can count to meet 500 level credit requirement)
6  
Required Courses:    
To substitute a required course in this section, you must obtain approval from your advisor and Assoc Head of Grad Program using the Required Course Substitution Request form. Please do not repeat course that you have taken as an UG or at another institution.    
https://go.illinois.edu/FSHNGradRequiredCourseSubstitution    
FSHN 481 Food Processing Unit Operations I 2  
FSHN 483 Food Processing Unit Operations II 2  
FSHN 514 Advanced Food Chemistry 3  
FSHN 573 Advanced Food Microbiology 3  
FSHN 593 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition 2  
FSHN 595 Section M, crn 45924: Nutrition for Food Scientists 4  
FSHN 597 or NUTR 500 Graduate Seminar (must register every term) 0  
Approved Electives:    
If you take electives that are not listed here, you must obtain approval from your advisor using the Elective Request form    
CPSC 541 Regression Analysis 4  
FSHN 416 Food Chemistry Laboratory 3  
FSHN 424 Biopsychology of Ingestive Behavior 3  
FSHN 440 Applied Statistical Methods I 4  
FSHN 460 Food Processing Engineering 3  
FSHN 482 Food Processing Unit Operations I Lab 1  
FSHN 484 Food Processing Unit Operations II Lab 1  
FSHN 502 Advanced Sensory Science 3  
FSHN 517 Fermented &Distilled Beverages 2  
FSHN 518 Chemistry of Lipids in Foods 3  
FSHN 519 Flavor Chemistry and Analysis 4  
FSHN 574 Value Added Biotransformation 3  
FSHN 576 Food Safety for Global Food Security
Previously known as FSHN 595 GFS: Food Safety for Global Food Security
3  
FSHN 592 Graduate Internship Experience 2  
FSHN 595 Section AFP: Advanced Food Processing 3  
FSHN 595 Section PT: Transport in Food Biopolymers 1  
FSHN 595 Section SS1 or SS2: Water Relations in Foods 4  
FSHN 598 or NUTR 593 Advanced Special Problems (Up to 2 hours count toward degree requirements)    
NUTR 550 Grantsmanship and Ethics 3