Master of Food Science (439FS) // Course structure

Course structure

A diverse range of elective subjects is offered enabling students to develop sufficient familiarity with knowledge areas relevant to their research thesis, supplementing existing academic qualifications and industrial experience.

The program comprises of 100 credit points of Core subjects, a minimum of 25 credit points of Research Project and a minimum of 25 credit points of discipline electives.

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Core Subjects

Students must complete all of the following eight subjects (100 points):

Research Project

Students must complete a minimum of 25 points of the following:

• Students wishing to take a Minor or Major research project over one semester should enrol into AGRI90070 Minor Research Project or AGRI90072 Major Research Project.
• Students wishing to take a Minor Research project over two semesters should enrol into AGRI90079 Minor Research Project Part 1 and AGRI90081 Minor Research Project Part 2.
• Students wishing to take a Major Research project over two semesters should enrol into or AGRI90080 Major Research Project Part 1 and AGRI90082 Major Research Project Part 2.

Discipline Electives

Students must complete a minimum of two subjects (25 points) from the following:

Other Electives

Students should select a maximum of four subjects (50 points) from the following electives:

Industry Internship

Food Policy

Agri-Economics/Management

Last updated: 14 December 2021