The MS in Food Systems & Society, launching fall term 2013, is an innovative degree program that delves deeply into ideas and practices for improving health, equity and sustainability in our food systems.

Whether you're a mid-career professional or just finishing your bachelor's degree, you're an ideal student for this degree program if you:

• Are interested in food systems and motivated to improve them
• Are a self-directed, collaborative learner who wants to engage actively in seminar-style discussions both on campus and online
• Want to study food systems from an interdisciplinary perspective
• Seek a rigorous graduate program that is flexible enough to allow you to maintain career, personal life and community commitments
• Want to produce a thesis or capstone project that promotes social change in the food system

The MS in Food Systems & Society is a two-year, cohort-based program. It combines interactive classes delivered online with in-person intensive sessions. Students will come to our Portland, Oregon campus twice each year for intensive sessions with program faculty and other food system leaders. It's a hybrid learning model that allows you to develop lasting peer relationships both in person and through dynamic online communication and continue to live and work in your community of choice.

Apply now for the 2014 cohort.  

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