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Minor

Minor in Food Systems

Pennsylvania State University Agricultural Sciences 62 courses

About This Program

The FDSYS minor will educate and prepare students for existing and emerging food systems careers by designing and delivering an integrative, interdisciplinary Food Systems minor that is learner-centered, experiential and stakeholder-responsive. The minor uses a competency-oriented approach to inform its curriculum, reflective interdisciplinary collaboration, and food systems stakeholder involvement.

Degree Requirements

Supporting Courses and Related Areas

Code Course Title Credits
AGECO 134N Sustainable Agriculture Science and Policy 3
AGECO 144 Principles and Practices of Organic Agriculture 3
AGECO 201 Introductory Agroecology 3
AGECO 418 Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems 3
AGECO 457 Principles of Integrated Pest Management 3
AGRO 28 Principles of Crop Management 3
AGRO 423 Forage Crop Management 3
AGRO 425 Field Crop Management 3
ANSC 100 Introduction to Animal Industries 3
ANSC 201 Animal Science 4
ANSC 207 Animal Products Technology 2
ANSC 208 Animal Products Technology Laboratory 1
ERM 210 Environmental Factors and Their Effect on Your Food Supply 3
HORT 101 Horticultural Science 3
HORT 431 Small Fruit Culture 3
HORT 432 Deciduous Tree Fruits 3
HORT 433 Vegetable Crops 3
INTAG 300 Tropical Agriculture and Food Systems 3
PLANT 220 Gardening for Fun and Profit 3
PPEM 120 The Fungal Jungle: A Mycological Safari From Truffles to Slime Molds 3
PPEM 225 Mushroom Cultivation 3
PPEM 300 Horticultural Crop Diseases 3
SOILS 101 Introductory Soil Science 3
SOILS 402 Soil Nutrient Behavior and Management 3
SOILS 412W Soil Ecology 3
SOILS 422 Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability 4
BBH 130 Strategies for Addressing the Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics 3
FDSC 105 Food Facts and Fads 3
FDSC 200 Introductory Food Science 3
FDSC 406W Physiology of Nutrition 3
FDSC 460 International Food Production 1
HM 304 Institutional Food Service Management 3
HM 330 Food Production and Operations Management 3
HM 407 The Sustainable Fork: Food Systems Decisions for Away-From-Home Eating 3
HM 413 New Product Development for Commercial Foodservice 3
HM 430 Applied Leadership in Foodservice Operations Management 3
NUTR 100 Nutrition Applications for a Healthy Lifestyle 3
NUTR 119 Elementary Foods 3
NUTR 175Z Healthy Food for All: Factors that Influence What we Eat in the US
NUTR 361 Community and Public Health Nutrition 3
NUTR 421 Biocultural Perspectives on Public Health Nutrition 3
NUTR 425 Global Nutrition Problems: Health, Science, and Ethics 3
AG 160 Introduction into Ethics and Issues in Agriculture 3
AGBM 102 Economics of the Food System 3
AGBM 302 Food Product Marketing 3
AGBM 460 Managing the Food System 3
ANTH 120 First Farmers 3
ANTH 140 Anthropology of Alcohol 3
ANTH 152 Hunters and Gatherers 3
ANTH 375Q Anthropology of Food Honors
CI 304N Food, Farms & Justice: What's Education Got To Do With Them? 3
CED 155 Science, Technology and Public Policy 3
CED 442 Changing Food Systems: Comparative Perspectives 3
ENGL 179 Exploring the Literature of Food: Current Trends in American Food Writing and Environmentalism 3
GEOG 3N Food and the Future Environment 3
HIST 111 Introduction to U.S. Food History 3
HIST 451 The Consumer Revolution 3
HORT 150N Plants in the Human Context 3

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