• Food Science and Biotechnology

    Supercooling technology for perishable food preservation

  • Food Security & Quality Assurance

    Food Quality and Control

  
     
 

Food Sciences (MS)
Graduate Chair

     Soojin Jun, PhD
Agricultural Sciences 302F
1955 East West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
p: (808) 956-8283
f: (808)-956-4024

soojin@hawaii.edu 

 
     


Food Sciences & Human Nutrition Graduate Studies

Food Science (MS)

OVERVIEW

 Interest in nutrition, food, and the relationship of food to human health and fitness has never been greater than today. The Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences offers a MS degree in food science. The areas of concentration include food safety and quality, food processing and engineering, food chemistry and biochemistry, food microbiology, food science education, and special area. Cooperating departments include Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, and Microbiology.

The learning objectives of the Food Science program are that students will:

  • Demonstrate mastery of fundamental knowledge in the field of food science.
  • Demonstrate advanced scholarship in their specialty area in the field of food science.
  • Communicate both orally and in writing at a high level of proficiency.
  • Conduct and interpret food research.
  • Function as a professional in their chosen discipline.

Students majoring in any of the curricula options are prepared for diverse careers in the food industry, health-care and fitness facilities, hospitals, nutrition education and communication enterprises, government or private-sector food and nutrition agencies, and scientific research laboratories. Graduates have found employment as college instructors, technical personnel in the food industry, regulatory or other governmental agencies, and researchers. Others have pursued further postgraduate studies.

Research Facilities

The Food Sciences Graduate Program is housed within the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences located in Agricultural Sciences III.  The building contains teaching and research laboratories, a certified kitchen, taste panel and sensory evaluation room, food processing facilities, a computer laboratory, state-of-the-art classrooms, and conference and seminar rooms.




HNFAS Department

1955 East West Road
AgSci 216

Honolulu, HI 96822

phone: 808-956-7095

fax: 808-956-4024


hnfas@hawaii.edu

 

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