Food Systems Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate

Certificate Requirements

The certificate requires the completion of 10 credits to satisfy three categories of requirements. The certificate is open to ALL undergraduate students.

ENTR 156 - From Ideas to Action Credit(s): 1

Entrepreneurial Skill Building

One of the following:

APEC 430 - Establishing and Managing a Food and Agribusiness Enterprise Credit(s): 3
ENTR 350 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship Credit(s): 3
ENTR 351 - Entrepreneurial Marketing Credit(s): 3
ENTR 355 - User-Centered Research Methods for Entrepreneurship Credit(s): 3
ENTR 356 - Creativity and Design Thinking Credit(s): 3
ENTR 452 - Entrepreneurial Selling Credit(s): 3

New Product Development and Practicum

Select a new product development domain and fulfill its requirements by completing one background knowledge course and one practicum course (six credits):

New Food Products Domain:

One of the following:
ANFS 181 - From the Cow to the Cone: The Science and Business of Ice Cream Credit(s): 3
ENWC 214 - Apiculture Credit(s): 2
ENWC 224 - Apiology and Apiculture Laboratory Credit(s): 1
Practicum:
ANFS 411 - Food Science Capstone Credit(s): 4
PLSC 218 - Fermentation Sciences Credit(s): 3

New Agricultural Goods and Services Domain:

One of the following:
AGRI 100 - Organic and Sustainable Farming Credit(s): 3
PLSC 206 - Farm to Table Credit(s): 3
Choose one of the following Practicums*:
ENTR 364 - Entrepreneurship in Practice: Internship Credit(s): 3
ENTR 455 - Startup Experience I Credit(s): 3
ENTR 458 - Developing New Technology-Based Products Credit(s): 3
LARC 364 - Landscape Architecture Internship Credit(s): 1-6
MEEG 409 - Prototype to Product Credit(s): 3

Note:

There is no set list of courses for the “new agricultural goods and services” practicum. Rather, any course that focuses on providing students with a meaningful opportunity to gain first-hand experience in attempting to develop a viable new agricultural product may be used to satisfy this requirement.

To seek approval for a specific practicum, students will be required to submit a request in writing to the certificate’s faculty director. The request should indicate the course being proposed to satisfy the requirement and address how the course activities/project(s) can be expected to satisfy the criterion noted above (i.e., provide a meaningful opportunity).