COSMETIC SCIENCE  PROGRAM


 

Program Description:

To serve the needs of the large population of cosmetic professionals in the New York metropolitan area, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School of Natural Sciences offers a Master of Arts in Science with a concentration in Cosmetic Science. This concentration, the first of its kind in New Jersey, was implemented in 1982 with the support and approval of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. Today, FDU’s Cosmetic Science program continues to fulfill the needs of those responsible for creating commercial products in the cosmetics, toiletries, and fragrance industries. It enables practitioners to learn the latest advances in their field and helps students to develop advanced skills that can lead to senior assignments in the cosmetics industry. It is also geared to technologists aspiring to supervisory roles in the laboratory or plant. For those without industrial experience, the program can launch a career in the cosmetic industry.

Faculty

FDU’s Cosmetic Science program is unique in that it includes a diversified and talented pool of adjunct faculty who are actively employed within the cosmetic science industries.  Because of this, our program is industry focused and remains current.

 

Admission Requirements:

Admission requirements include graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in an allied science (biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or pharmacy); this baccalaureate degree must include a two-semester sequence of Organic Chemistry.  The general Graduate Records Examination (GRE) scores must also be submitted along with three letters of recommendation.  A minimum of 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required for applicants whose native language is not English.

Please note that financial assistance in the form of teaching assistantships and research scholarships is not available.

 

Required & Elective Courses:

 

 

 

 

Required Courses (20 credits)

Credits

Total

COSC 6547

Skin Care Raw Materials & Formulations

3

 

COSC 6543

Hair Care Raw Materials & Formulations

3

 

COSC 6548

Cosmetic Science Laboratory

2

 

PHYS 6753

Applied Colloid & Surface Science

3

 

CHEM 6526

Product Development

3

 

CHEM 6529

Microtoxicity and Biochemistry

3

 

BIOL 6756

Dermal Pharmacology & Immunology

3

 

 

 

Total Required Courses

20

 

 

 

 

Cosmetic Science Electives  (6 credits)

 

 

CHEM 6546

Perfumery

3

 

CHEM 6524

Quality Assurance

3

 

COSC 6549

Color Cosmetics

3

 

COSC 6542

Claims Substantiation

3

 

CHEM 6781

Biochemistry

3

 

CHEM 6773

Polymer Chemistry

3

 

 

 

Cosmetic Science Electives

6

 

 

 

Free Electives  (6 credits)

 

 

MKTG 5532

Strategic Marketing / Marketing Concepts

3

 

MKTG 7703

Management of Advertising

3

 

MKTG 7704

Buyer Behavior

3

 

MKTG 7706

International Markets

3

 

MKTG 6601

Marketing Research

3

 

MGMT 5515

Strategic Management & Organizational Design

3

 

COMM 6002

Effective Presentations

3

 

COMM 6005

Technical Writing

3

 

COMM 6007

Writing Proposals

3

 

QUANT 5520

Applied Statistical Analysis

3

 

 

 

               Free Electives

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credits

             

32

 

Tentative Course Cycle:

 

 

COURSE LIST

 

5 YEAR CYCLE

 

 

 

Sub

Num

 

format

F05

S06

F06

S07

F07

S08

F08

S09

F09

COSC

6542

Claims Substantiation

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

COSC

6543

Hair care raw mat & formulations

 

x

 

x

 

x

 

 

COSC

6549

Color Cosmetics

 

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

COSC

6547

Skin care raw mat & formulation

lecture

 

x

 

x

 

x

 

COSC

6548

Skin care raw mat &

lab

 

x

 

x

 

x

 

COSC

6551

Sensory Evaluation

 

 

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

COSC

6800

Independent Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Coordinator:

Dr. James A. Dougherty

School of Natural Sciences

1000 River Road, H-DH4-03

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Teaneck, New Jersey 07666,  201-692-2487

jdough@fdu.edu