Example Areas of Emphasis with Course Options
*This is simply a list of example emphases. Students are not limited to choosing any of those listed. Courses listed within an area of emphasis are suggestions only. Students should discuss with their academic advisor specific courses to take.
Business of Healthcare
- MILI 3585 Navigating the Healthcare Marketplace: Economic, Social and Policy Lenses
- MILI 3589: Medical Technology and Society
- MKTG 4085 Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (prereq: MKTG 3001)
Business/Entrepreneurial/Management
- ABUS 4021 Strategic Decision Making and Problem Solving
- ABUS 4022 Management in Organizations
- ABUS 4041 Dynamics of Leadership
- APEC 1101 Principles of Microeconomics
- APEC 1102 Principles of Macroeconomics
- COMM 3441 Intro to Organizational Communication
- FSCN 4732 Food and Nutrition Management
- MGMT 3010 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing
- WHRE 3120 Principles of Supervisory Management
- Health Systems Management (HSM) courses – several options
Communications
- AECM 2421W: Professional & Oral Communication for Ag, Food, & the Environment
- AECM 3431: Communicating Food, Ag, and Environmental Science to the Public
- AECM 3434 - Utilizing Social Media for Food, Ag, and Natural Resource Science
- AECM 3452: Digital Media Essentials for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
- AECM 4451W: Advanced Persuasive Writing for Ag, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Culinary Science
- ANSC 1511 Food Animal Products for Consumers
- FSCN 1011 Science of Cooking
- FSCN 3731/3732 Food Service Operations Management Lecture and Lab
- FSCN 4112 Food Chemistry and Functional Foods
- FSCN 4121 Food Microbiology
- FSCN 4131 Food Quality
- FSCN 4732 Food and Nutrition Management
- MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing
Food Safety
- ANSC 1511 Food Animal Products for Consumers
- FSCN 4112 Food Chemistry and Functional Foods
- FSCN 4121 Food Microbiology
- FSCN 4131 Food Quality
- FSCN 4332 Food Processing Operations
- FSCN 4622 Nutritional Toxicology
- FSCN 5101 Food Regulation in the United States
- POL 3321 Issues in American Public Policy
- PUBH 3202 What is Public Health?
- PUBH 3350 Epidemiology: People, Places, and Disease
Food Service Management
- APEC 1101 Principles of Microeconomics
- APEC 1102 Principles of Macroeconomics
- COMM 3441 Intro to Organizational Communication
- FSCN 3731/3732 Food Service Operations Management Lecture and Lab
- FSCN 4121 Food Microbiology
- FSCN 4131 Food Quality
- FSCN 4732 Food and Nutrition Management
- MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing
- WHRE 3120 Principles of Supervisory Management
Government Regulations
- APEC 1101 Principles of Microeconomics
- APEC 1102 Principles of Macroeconomics
- APEC 3001 Applied Microeconomics: Consumers, Producers, and Markets
- APEC 3041W Economic Development of U.S. Agriculture
- APEC 4451W Food Marketing Economics
- COMM 3441 Intro to Organizational Communication
- FSCN 4112 Food Chemistry and Functional Foods
- FSCN 4131 Food Quality
- FSCN 4332 Food Processing Operations
- FSCN 4732 Food and Nutrition Management
- MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing
Health and Wellness
- BTHX 5325 Biomedical Ethics
- CSPH 1001 Principles of Holistic Health and Healing
- CSPH 3301 Food Choices: Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves
- CSPH 5111 Ways of Thinking about Health
- CSPH 5115 Cultural Knowledge, Health and Contemporary Cultural Communities
- FSCN 3614 Nutrition Education and Counseling
- FSCN 3615 Sociocultural Aspects of Food, Nutrition and Health
- FSCN 4665/4666 Medical Nutrition Therapy I and II
- GCC Advancing Health Equity: The Structural Determination of Health at Home and Abroad
- KIN 4385 Exercise Physiology
- MGMT 3010 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- MKTG 3001 Principles of Marketing
- PHAR 1002 Health Sciences Terminology
- PHAR 1004 Common Prescription Drugs and Diseases
- PHCL 3100 Pharmacology for Pre-Med and Life Science Students
Health Care Administration
- HSM 3521 Health Care Delivery Systems
- HSM 4043 Project and Program Management in Health Services Management
- HSM 4065 Information Privacy and Security in Health Services Management
- HSM 4301 Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Management
- HSM 4531 Human Resources in Health Care Settings
- HSM 4541 Health Care Finance
- HSM 4561W Health Care Administration and Management [WI]
- HSM 4575 Innovation in Health Services
- HSM 4591 Health Care Law and Ethics
Public Policy
- APEC 3041W Economic Development of U.S. Agriculture
- COMM 3605W Persuasive Speaking and Speech Writing
- ESPM 3241W Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
- ESPM 3245 Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy
- ESPM 3271 Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior
- GCC 3003 Seeking Solutions to Global Health Issues
- GCC 3028 Harnessing the Power of Research, Community, Clinic, and Policy to Build a Culture of Health
- POL 3321 Issues in American Public Policy
- POL 3739 Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity
- POL 4481 Governments and Markets
- POL 4489W Citizens, Consumers, and Corporations
- SOC 3301W Politics and Society
Sustainable Nutrition/Food Systems
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems minor
- Environmental Science, Policy and Management minor
- AECM 4115 - Culturally Responsive Engagement in Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
- AGRO 1103 - Crops, Environment, and Society
- AGRO 3203W Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen
- BBE 3201 - Sustainability of Food Systems: A Life Cycle Perspective
- CSPH 3301 Food Choices: Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves
- GCC 3017 World Food Problems: Agronomics, Economics and Hunger