Foodie

Food sustains us and it may define us. It certainly is bigger than just the nutrients we consume. Food allows us to connect with each other in a shared experience. It can allow us to explore cultures or retain cultural identity. Food is not only good for our physical health but can also benefit emotional and mental health. If you have more than a passing interest in food and want to explore a career where food contributes to health, economy, culture, and make a difference within your own community, these majors/concentrations may be just the menu for you.

Agronomy

Integrated Crop Management

This concentration will give you the solid scientific foundation and technological training you need to grow crops in a way that is economically viable and protects the environment. This path also provides a solid foundation for graduate studies.

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Animal & Dairy Sciences

Food Science

Explore how meat, dairy, and animal-based products are processed, preserved, and evaluated for quality, safety, and nutrition. Through hands-on laboratory experiences, you'll prepare for careers in food production, product development, and quality assurance.

Production Management

On this path, you will explore management, feeding, breeding, and care for livestock through topics like reproduction, breeding, and nutrition. The program also provides hands-on lab experience and electives, so you can personalize your education to meet your career goals.

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Biochemistry

Food Science

Ever wondered what goes into making food safe, nutritious, and enjoyable? This concentration applies chemistry, biology, and engineering to study how food is developed, processed, and improved for safety, quality, and nutrition. Through hands-on laboratory experience, students prepare for careers in food science, research, product development, and quality assurance.

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Culinology

Culinology

If a plate is your canvas and a kitchen your studio, this major is your path. This degree program blends food science and technology with the culinary arts to prepare you for a variety of in-demand careers in the food industry, from chef to product developer and many more.

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Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion

Food Processing/Business

If you are interested in the business of food products and processing, this concentration will help you take your place at the table. You will study the science and business of the food industry, including marketing, economics, and technology.

Food Safety

Want to make a difference in the food industry and in the lives of people? This path prepares you to become an expert in food safety, prevention and control of disease, and microbiology. It also provides a solid foundation for veterinary school and other professional schools.

Food Science

As consumers, we rely on food scientists to ensure the safety and quality of food products before they reach our plates. This concentration will prepare you for a career in areas such as product development, quality control, technical sales, production management, food law and food packaging.

Nutrition

This concentration is an accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) and prepares you for a career with state agencies, in food service, or with major food manufacturers. It will also provide a solid foundation for entering a master’s program, if you wish to become a registered dietician nutritionist (RDN).

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Horticulture

Fruit and Vegetable Production

Help feed the world and prepare for a wide variety of careers with competitive salaries. This concentration will prepare you to work in local and commercial production of fruits and vegetables, marketing, quality control, purchasing, research, and technical product research and sales.

Food Innovation, Safety, and Quality

Want to be the reason people trust their food? This concentration teaches food safety, quality, and preservation from farm to table. Prepare for a career in food production, marketing, quality control, research, and sales.

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Poultry Science

Applied Poultry Management

This concentration satisfies all the requirements for a minor in Agribusiness and will prepare you to enter all areas of the poultry industry with the knowledge necessary to succeed.

Food Science

This concentration combines food science with poultry production to explore how animal-based foods are processed, preserved, and evaluated for quality and safety, preparing students for careers throughout the food industry.