Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences

Dual Degree M.S. in Food Systems Administration and Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Program Description

This program will provide students with multi-management skills so that they will be well qualified for administrative positions in nutrition/foodservice organizations.  Graduates of this dual degree program will likely increase both career options and average starting salaries.

Career possibilities for graduates of this program include:

• School foodservice administrator                      

• Healthcare foodservice administrator

• Business owner/entrepreneur                 

• Foodservice management consultant 

• Foodservice facility design consultant        

• Food distributor account manager

 
     Program Requirements

Completion of this degree requires a total of 54 credit hours including graduate courses in institutional administration (foodservice systems management), business, research design or statistics, and seminar. Students may complete either a thesis or professional paper.

Food Systems Administration (15-18 hrs)
Business (18-21 hrs)

NFS 5713	Human Resource Mgmt*	BUS 5133	Marketing
NFS 5733	Quality & Productivity of Foodservice Systems	BUS 5243	Administrative Managerial Finance
NFS 5763	Food Safety/Foodborne Illness	BUS 5273	Human Resource Administration*
NFS 5773	Organization & Mgmt of Foodservice Systems	BUS 5333	Advanced Business Policy
NFS 5793	Computer Applications in Institutional Administration	BUS 5903	Leadership Skills
NFS 5903	Foodservice Facility Design & Mgmt	ECO 5143	Adv Managerial Economics

*Either NFS 5713 or BUS 5273 may be taken

Research Design or Statistics (3 hrs):

• BUS 5153 Research Methods in Business

• or MATH 5573 Statistical Methods I

Seminar (2 hrs):

• NFS 5721 Seminar in Institutional Administration

• or NFS 5331 Seminar in Nutrition

• or NFS 5321 Seminar in Food Science

Research (3-6 hrs):

• NFS 5983 Thesis and NFS 5993 Thesis

• or BUS 5983 Thesis and BUS 5993 Thesis

• or NFS 5973 Professional Paper

• or BUS 5973 Professional Paper

Electives (7-10 hrs):

• Student selects 7 to 10 hrs of NFS or BUS courses

Admissions Requirements

• B.S. from an accredited university with at least a 3.25 GPA on a 4.0 scale

• Evidence of completing either:

  • Graduate Record Exam (GRE) with preferred minimum score of 350 on verbal portion and 450 on quantitative portion

  • Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) with preferred minimum score of 400

• Prerequisite courses:
  

  • Introduction to Nutrition (3 hrs)
  • Microbiology (4 hrs)
  • Quantity Food Production & Service (4-5 hrs)
  • Upper level Foodservice Management and/or Business courses (9 hrs) – must include 3 hrs of Economics and 3 hrs of Accounting
  • 1-2 page resume providing evidence of work and volunteer experience related to intended field of study

For more information, contact:

Carolyn Bednar, Ph.D., R.D.                         Ann Hughes, Ph.D.
Dept of Nutrition & Food sciences                 School of Management
cbednar@mail.twu.edu                                pahughes@mail.twu.edu
940.898.2637                                            940.898.2155
www.twu.edu/hs/nfs                                  www.twu.edu/som/