Food Systems Innovation and 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): 3
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 - Introduction to Industrial Design 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).