Certificate in Food Entrepreneurship
Certificate Level: Undergraduate
Admission Requirements: High School Diploma
Certificate Type: Certificate
Number of Credits to Completion: 19.0
Instructional Delivery: Campus
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1 year
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 12.0509
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-9051
About the Program
This program prepares undergraduate students to design and launch a new food product or concept from initial consumer research and conceptualization, through the development and testing of a value proposition and business model. The certificate can be taken on its own or as an adjunct to degree studies in business, entrepreneurship, nutrition, hospitality, or related fields. Both consumer packaged goods and foodservice offerings are considered.
Program Requirements
| CULA 115 | Culinary Fundamentals | 3.0 |
| ENTP 105 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3.0 |
| ENTP 205 | Ready, Set, Fail | 3.0 |
| ENTP 440 | Launch It!: Early Stage | 3.0 |
| FDSC 154 | Science of Food and Cooking | 4.0 |
| FDSC 350 | Experimental Foods: Product Development | 3.0 |
| Total Credits | 19.0 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| ENTP 105 | 3.0 | CULA 115 | 3.0 | ENTP 440 | 3.0 |
| FDSC 154 | 4.0 | ENTP 205 | 3.0 | FDSC 350 | 3.0 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Total Credits 19 | |||||
