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MS Food Safety at University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas, United States

Programme overview

The MS in Food Safety is a 30-hour graduate program coordinated across Food Science and the Cooperative Extension Service, designed to prepare students for higher positions in the food industry.

Duration: 30 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

The core covers food microbiology, sanitation, food processing, epidemiology, food law, HACCP applications and human diseases. Students complete a 3-hour capstone producing a technical paper (or a thesis) and an oral exam covering coursework. No more than 6 hours of thesis, special problems and internships count.

Career pathways

Higher positions in the food industry.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must meet all Graduate School admission requirements; a program steering committee sets admission guidelines.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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