Certificate in Food Systems Education and Administration (21-22 credits)

This certificate program is designed to provide practical skills and experiences appropriate for employment in a wide range of careers involving the development, administration, and delivery of educational programs and services provided by both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Recognizing that interpersonal skills and business savvy are often as important as solid technical and conceptual foundations in a discipline, the program is intended to supplement a variety of discipline-based major programs.

The program explores communication skills; management skills; experience and skill in the development of proposals and reports; the ability to design, implement, and assess educational programs, activities, and related budgets; and the ability to contribute to a program as both an individual and member of a team. An experience-based education component is an integral requisite for the certificate.

For more information, contact Dr. Edmund M. Tavernier, Cook Office Building, Room 113, 732-932-9155, ext. 256, or tavernier@aesop.rutgers.edu. 

The program requires at least 3 credits selected from each of the following areas:

I. Food Systems/Policy (3)

  11:015:430  World Food Problems: Scientific Solutions? (3)

  11:373:323  Public Policy toward the Food Industry (3)

  11:373:331  Economics of Food Marketing Systems (3)

  11:373:371  Food Health and Safety Policy (3)

II. Communication (3)

  01:335:203  Business Writing Essentials (3)

  01:355:302  Scientific and Technical Writing (3)

  01:355:303  Writing for Business and the Professions (3)

  01:355:402  Advanced Writing Workshop (3)

  04:192:220  Fundamentals of Speaking and Listening (3)

  04:192:380  Public Speaking (3) (for admitted communication majors  only)

III. Management (3)

  11:373:241  Introduction to Management (3)

  11:373:341  Management: Human Systems Development (3)

IV. Interpersonal/Intercultural Relations (3)

  01:830:___   A psychology course emphasizing minority/gender issues (3)

  01:910:352  Groups at Risk in Contemporary Society (3)

  01:920:306  Race Relations (3)

  04:192:345  Intercultural Communication (3) (for admitted communication majors only)

  11:300:327  Applications of Psychology in Education (3)

  11:374:101  Introduction to Human Ecology (3)

V. Computer Applications (3-4)

  01:198:110  Introduction to Computers and Their Application (3)

  01:198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)

  11:373:210  Business Decision Computer Tools (4)

VI. Accounting (3)

  33:010:272  Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)

VII. On-the-Job Experience (3)

An internship or cooperative education experience for at least one semester, enabling the students to learn about organizational structure, teamwork, the work ethic, and leadership. It also should provide experience in program planning and budgeting and expose the students to the technical areas in which they desire to work.