The primary goal of this graduate certificate program is to provide formal education to sensory and consumer
professionals in the key areas of (i) psychophysical and biological principles and human behavior as it guides
and informs sensory and consumer testing, (ii) fundamentals of good sensory practice including experimental
design, method selection, analysis, and reporting, (iii) applied statistics nd data analysis as used in sensory
and consumer science, and (iv) the interaction of sensory and consumer science with marketing, consumer
understanding, product development, and business.
The 12-credit curriculum integrates all these aspects in a synergistic manner.

