Fuel your entrepreneurial spirit with a program tailored to teach you the essentials of starting and growing successful business ventures in the food and beverage industry.
Credential Type
Undergraduate Certificate
Cost (2024)
$3,816
Delivery Format
Online
Program Length
9 Credit Hours
Enrollment
Fall or Spring
Eligibility Criteria
No degree required
Benefit 1
Acquire essential business skills tailored to food and beverage.
Benefit 2
Boost creativity in culinary product and service development.
Benefit 3
Expand your network with industry professionals and mentors.
Overview
This certificate is for aspiring entrepreneurs, culinary innovators, and business developers.
It allows you to examine detailed courses on food and beverage entrepreneurialism, improving your knowledge and practical skills in launching and managing ventures within the food industry.
Skills You Will Learn
Upon completing this certificate, you will:
- Understand and apply consumer insights to drive product development and business strategies that meet market demands.
- Develop an awareness of social and cultural factors influencing food trends and consumer preferences.
- Employ creative problem-solving techniques to address challenges and identify opportunities in the food industry.
- Learn to take calculated risks and make informed decisions to drive business growth and innovation.
- Acquire skills in effectively resourcing and managing assets to maximize business efficiency and success.
- Understand food composition, chemistry, microbiology, and safety to ensure products meet quality and regulatory standards.
- Develop the ability to adapt to failures and setbacks, building resilience in a competitive and ever-changing market.
- Understand fundamental nutrition principles and apply them to create health-oriented food products.
- Navigate laws and regulations affecting the food industry to ensure compliance and protect consumer safety.
- Learn strategies for educating consumers about nutritional aspects of food, enhancing public health and wellness.
Build Skills that Matter
Gain the knowledge and practical experience needed to excel in your field and create meaningful impact.
Course Details
The Energizing Entrepreneurs: Food & Beverage Entrepreneurialism Essentials Certificate is a 9-hour program.
To earn this certificate, you'll complete the following:
Required courses (6 credit hours):
- FSHN 193: Edible Entrepreneurialism - Feeding Ideas for the Future (3 credit hours)
Pick either or both:
- FSHN 101: The Science of Food and How it Relates to You (3 credit hours)
- FSHN 120: Contemporary Nutrition (3 credit hours), OR FSHN 220: Principles of Nutrition (4 credit hours)
Complete your certificate with (if necessary):
- ACE 240: Personal Financial Planning (3 credit hours)
- ACE 242: Women, Money, and Power (2 credit hours)
- DTX 210: Introduction to Social Design (3 credit hours)
- ETMA 311: Humanity in the Food Web (3 credit hours)
- ETMA 430: Project Management (2 credit hours)
- LEAD 140: Harnessing Your Interpersonal Intelligence (2 credit hours)
- LEAD 260: Foundations of Leadership (3 credit hours)
- LEAD 425: Leading Teams (3 credit hours)
- SOCW 321: Social Entre & Social Change (3 credit hours)
How to Enroll
Applying for this Certificate
Current University of Illinois students are eligible to enroll in the courses each semester (Fall, Spring, Summer). Start your certificate.
Non-current students may also enroll in courses as a non-degree student. You can learn more about the non-degree process or start your application. For questions about the process, please contact acesonline@illinois.edu.
Receiving your Certificate
For all students, after courses are completed, confirm your completion of the requirements.
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