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Master of Food Science (439FS) // Course structure
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Ken Ng
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Course structure
The Master of Food Science requires the successful completion of 200 credit points.
The Master of Food Science is a 2 year degree (full time). This degree offers a diverse range of elective subjects enabling students to develop sufficient familiarity with knowledge areas relevant to their research thesis, supplementing existing academic qualifications and industrial experience.
To obtain the degree students must complete
- 100 credit points of compulsory subjects
- A minimum of 25 credit points of Research Project subjects
- A minimum of 25 credit points of Discipline electives
- A maximum of 50 credit points of Other electives
Subjects Options
Compulsory subjects
Students must complete all of the following eight subjects (100 points):
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
FOOD90022 | Food Chemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90007 | Food Processing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90010 | Meat and Meat Products | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90023 | Food Microbiology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90008 | Food Safety and Quality | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
FOOD90035 | Plant Food Products | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90075 | Research Methods For Life Sciences | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
FOOD90028 | Sensory Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AGRI90079 | Minor Research Project Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AGRI90081 | Minor Research Project Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AGRI90070 | Minor Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
AGRI90080 | Major Research Project Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
AGRI90082 | Major Research Project Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
AGRI90072 | Major Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
Discipline electives
Students must complete a minimum of two subjects (25 points) from the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
FOOD90012 | Current Issues in Dairy Science | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
FOOD90031 | Food Packaging Materials and Processes | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90032 | Food Packaging Design | July (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Other electives
Students select a maximum of four subjects (50 points) from the following electives:
Industry Internship
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AGRI90076 | Industry Internship |
Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Food Policy
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
FOOD90041 | The Politics of Food | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90040 | Nutrition Politics and Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FOOD90033 | Sustainable Food: Policy and Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90057 | Climate Change:Agric.Impacts&Adaptation | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Agri-Economics/Management
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AGRI90089 | Human Resource Management | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
AGRI90012 | Agribusiness 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AGRI90014 | Managing Markets | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 10 November 2023