Food Safety (FOOD) Courses

FOOD5030 Shaping the Future of Food

This project-based course provides students with the opportunity to explore the local food system from the unique perspective of a chef. Students meet local food producers, sample products, and investigate systemic issues related to the long-term viability of local food systems. Students analyze the impact chefs have within the food web and begin to research approaches to creating local, sustainable and more regenerative food systems.
Offered at Providence
3 Semester Credits

FOOD6030 Food Innovation & Technology Capstone

This project-based course provides students with the opportunity to research a systemic food system issue encompassing either social, political, industrial or environmental constructs. Students employ a global thinking theoretical lens to their applied research that allows for an epistemological framework that encompasses inquiry, understanding of multiple perspectives, respectful dialogue and responsible action.
Prerequisite(s): FOOD5030, IDES5030.
Offered at Providence
3 Semester Credits