Professional Science, Fermentation Science Concentration, M.S.

Program Overview

This 36-credit-hour program prepares students for managerial roles in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries. It combines core business classes with a specialization in fermentation science, providing students with managerial, communication, and leadership skills. The program includes a capstone internship in lieu of a thesis and offers elective courses in applied business analytics, engineering management systems, and productivity strategies.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Prepares students for roles in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries
• Combines core business classes with fermentation science specialization
• Provides managerial, communication, and leadership skills
• Requires 36 credit hours, including a capstone internship in lieu of a thesis

Outline:

• Core Courses:
• ACTG 6100 - Accounting and Legal Issues for Managers
• BCED 6820 - Managerial Communication
• BCED 6910 - Internship Program
• MGMT 6740 - Leadership and Motivation
• STAT 5140 - Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning
• Concentration Courses:
• Required Courses:
• BIOL 5510 - Food and Industrial Microbiology or BIOL 5550 - Biotechnology
• FERM 5550 - Applications of Biotechnology in Fermentation Science
• FERM 6600 - Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Bioprocessing
• FERM 6100 - Food Contamination, Safety, and Regulation
• FERM 6700 - Consumer Motivation and Sensory Evaluation of Fermented Foods
• FERM 6450 - Industrial Applications of Fermentation
• 3 hours from the following:
• FERM 5560 - Applied Fermentation: Biomass and Biofuels
• FERM 5570 - Applied Fermentation: Milk, Meat, and Grain
• FERM 5580 - Applied Fermentation: Fruits and Vegetables
• Elective Courses:
• 3 hours from the following:
• MBAI 6905 - Applied Business Analytics
• ET 6870 - Engineering Management Systems
• ET 6390 - Productivity Strategies/Lean Systems

Careers:

• Fermentation food production (dairy products, sauerkraut, kimchi, beer, wine, bread, vinegar, pepperoni, pastrami, salami)
• Industrial chemical production
• Industrial ethanol production
• Pharmaceutical production
• Probiotic production
• Wastewater processing
• Potential employers include:
• Brown-Foreman Corporation (Jack Daniel's®)
• Lonza Pharmaceuticals
• Biltmore Winery
• Common John Brewery
• Southern Distilling
• Lallemand Baking Division
• Bean’s Creek Winery
• Cargill Inc.
• Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc.
• Nelson’s Greenbrier Distillery
• Pennington Distilling
• Sweetwater Valley Farm
• Tennessee Department of Agriculture
• Tennessee Distilling, Ltd.
• Advanced Biotech, Inc.
• Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
• BASF
• Boehringer Ingelheim, Inc.
• Constellation Brands, Inc.
• E. & J. Gallo Winery
• Hach Company
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Zymergen