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Overview
Students may opt to focus their coursework on food science, human nutrition, or a combination of both.
The Food Science and Human Nutrition program from The University of Maine offers a thesis and non-thesis option, with the non-thesis option having the additional flexibility of being completed on-campus or online.
Key Features
- Our human nutrition faculty conduct research in the areas of nutrition education and behavioral interventions, community nutrition, human nutrient requirements over the lifespan, the effects of micronutrients, trace minerals and lipids on human health and other nutritional issues.
- The food science faculty conduct research in areas of food safety and quality, food chemistry, food microbiology and food processing, and the development of healthy foods and novel value-added food products.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Advanced Human Nutrition
- Food Preservation
- Nutritional Assessment
- Nutrition and Aging
- Trace Mineral Nutrition, Metabolism and Clinical Applications
- Current Food Safety Systems
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 88
Credits
30 SCH
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Human Medicine Food Sciences Biochemistry View 217 other Masters in Food Sciences in United StatesAcademic requirements
GPA 3
GRE® 4 (analytical)
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 88
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants with a Food Science focus must have successfully completed undergraduate training with either a major or minor in one of the biological or physical sciences with courses in organic chemistry and biochemistry or an undergraduate degree in food science, food technology, food engineering or processing.
- Applicants with a Human Nutrition focus should have an undergraduate degree in nutrition (or approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics), human ecology, chemistry, biochemistry, or in an appropriate combination of biological sciences with courses in nutrition, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and human physiology.
- Applicants to the online MS program should have had one year of college-level chemistry, one year of college-level biology (with one semester being Anatomy & Physiology), and an entry-level nutrition course.
Tuition Fee
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International
29214 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29214 USD per year during 12 months. -
National
29214 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29214 USD per year during 12 months. -
In-State
9738 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9738 USD per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Orono
1216 - 1888 USD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Financing
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