This course lets students write a research outline/proposal following the USM style and format and defend it to the panel of examiners.

Development and optimization of food product with traditional and novel food ingredients and processes- theory and practice.

Engineering concepts and principles as applied to food processing.

Principles, methods, and techniques necessary for quantitative physical and chemical analyses of food and food products.

Principles of food preservation, sterilization of food by heat treatment and packaging of heat sterilized food, other non-thermal methods of processing such as irradiation and use of food additives.

This course covers the secondary components of food, their structure and properties, and the chemistry of changes occurring during preparation, processing, storage, and utilization.