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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
  
    May 17, 2025  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Global Foodways Studies Certificate


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Undergraduate certificates may only be earned and will only be awarded in conjunction with a bachelor’s degree. They will not be awarded as an independent credential. In addition, federal financial aid will not pay for a certificate course unless that course is also necessary to complete the 120 hours required for a degree or the 39 hours of required upper-level credit. Contact Financial Aid if you have questions about your federal aid eligibility.

Certificate Requirements


Required Course


Satisfactorily complete the following course:

Subtotal: 3


Subtotal: 9


HIST 4950  may only count for credit towards the certificate with a relevant topic of study. Recent topics have included: Jewish Foodways; Food, History, and Culture of East Asia; Alcohol in World History; Feeding the Fire: Foodways in the Civil War Era; Pitmastery: Race & Barbecue in the Slave South; Trouble Brewing, and Discord Distilled: Alcohol in the American Civil War Era.

Total Credit Hours: 15-18


  • Courses used to fulfill certificate requirements may also be used to fulfill core, major, minor, or other program requirements.
  • Federal financial aid will not pay for a certificate course unless that course is also necessary to complete a student’s required number of hours for the bachelor’s degree or another bachelor’s degree requirement. Students should contact the Financial Aid Office if they have questions about their federal aid eligibility.

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