Food Studies
Feed your hunger for success in the expanding field of food studies. Supplement your degree with a minor in food studies.
The food studies minor is an interdisciplinary studies program.
Why Earn Your Food Studies Minor?
With the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasting a 20-plus percent job growth through 2022 for nutritionists, dietitians and nutritional educators, the future is bright for students interested in food-related careers. Adelphi’s interdisciplinary food studies minor offers students a recipe for rewarding careers spanning everything from health and nutrition to sustainability, public policy, entrepreneurship, government, communications, food management, business and culinary arts.
Why Minor in Food Studies at Â鶹ֱ²¥ in New York?
- Small classes and a rigorous curriculum designed and taught by top-tier professors are all benefits of Adelphi’s personalized approach to learning.
- Outside the classroom, you’ll have the opportunity to be mentored and to conduct cutting-edge research with faculty, and you’ll gain invaluable hands-on experience through internships in the New York area that support your career goals.
- You can join our on-campus food recovery program, which collects unused food and distributes it to local homeless shelters.
Professor Margaret Gray instructing a food studies class at Adelphi.
What Can You Do with a Food Studies Minor?
Adelphi’s interdisciplinary food studies minor offers students a recipe for rewarding careers focused on everything from health and nutrition to food management, while working at a multinational corporation, a government agency or a nonprofit.
A food studies minor can lead to a variety of rewarding careers, including:
- Food scientist
- Sensory scientist
- Food chemist
- Food product developer
- Food safety expert
- Food/restaurant inspector
- Food microbiologist
- Quality control supervisor
- Procurement/purchasing manager
Those who advance to a master’s in nutrition will have even more career paths available to them.
Program Info
Application Requirements
To apply for this program, submit the appropriate application requirements:
Transformative Educational Opportunities
All undergraduate students have the opportunity to apply for the following programs to expand their educational landscape:
- The Honors College – fostering intellectual perspectives and critical skills
- – preparing students to become global thinkers and leaders
- – providing opportunities to experience another culture and see the world from a new perspective
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