Departmental Honors

Food Science Departmental Honors.

Food Science Departmental Honors are open to Commonwealth Honor College (CHC) members who complete
the program requirements. Departmental Honors (DH) can be done alone or as a part of the full Commonwealth Honors College Curriculum.

Application:

Students, who are already members of the CHC, should arrange to meet with Dr. Lutz Grossmann, the Food Science Honors Program Director, to apply to the Departmental Honors Program.

Food Science majors, who are not already members of CHC but have a GPA of greater than 3.40 and wish to pursue Departmental Honors (DH), should complete the online CHC online application:
https://www.umass.edu/honors/apply/current-students 

Eligibility:

• An overall GPA of 3.400 or higher
• The ability to complete the DH-Track requirements
• The ability to complete the CHC residency requirement of 45-graded (not pass/fail) credits earned at UMass Amherst (not transferred)

Program Requirements

• 2 FD SCI honors courses selected from FD SCI 544, 561, 567, or 581 with affiliated honors colloquium or Honors Independent Study attached*
• Honors Thesis or Project. Independent Capstone Experience:
  Choose from two options:
  • (I) FD SCI 499Y Honors Research & FD SCI 499T Honors Thesis.
  • (II) FD SCI 499Y Honors Research & FD SCI 499P Honors Project.

*One of these requirements may be substituted by a FD SCI 600-level course with the approval of the Honors Program Director via an Honors College "Petition for Exception" form.

Updated April 2024