Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants must meet the admission requirements of both the home graduate unit and the collaborative specialization.

• Applicants must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative specialization and a participating doctoral degree program.

• Students who complete the collaborative specialization at the master's level will be eligible for the program at the doctoral level, but will be expected to complete an additional topics course (see below).

• A curriculum vitae (CV).

• Applicants must demonstrate superior writing and research skills, as well as an interest in the socio-cultural aspects of food. Applicants will submit to the collaborative specialization committee a master's-level research project paper or thesis. Experience in a food-related field (either practical, scholarly, or policy/political/social service) is beneficial.

Completion Requirements

• Students must meet the degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies, the participating home program, and the collaborative specialization.

• Successful completion of the seminar FST1000H Comparative Research Methods in Food Studies, if not already taken at the master's level. Students who have completed the Food Studies collaborative specialization at the master's level are exempted from this requirement.

• Successful completion of the topics course FST2000H Food, Culture, and Society. The course theme will be decided each year by the collaborative specialization committee.

• Regular and active participation in SRD4444H Culinaria Seminar Series.

• The student's dissertation in their home graduate unit must be on a topic in food studies, approved by the specialization committee.

• Collaborative specialization courses may be taken as electives for the purpose of satisfying home program requirements.