2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog

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Brewing and Fermentation Minor

Course Requirements

Students are required to complete the coursework for either the Applied Brewing track or the Brewing Management track.  Four courses are required for both tracks.

Applied Brewing Track Courses

BREW 220Introduction to Brewing & Fermentation

3
BREW 221Advanced Brewing and Fermentation

3

Equipment Course - TAKE ONE

Take one of the following courses.  This requirement must be complete prior to taking BREW 220.
BIOL 344General Microbiology

4
CHEM 145Survey of Organic and Biochemistry

4
CHEM 201Organic Chemistry I

4
PHYS 201Physics for Life Sciences I (NS)

4
PHYS 221General Physics I (NS)

4

Brewing Management Track

Take four classes specific to the Brewing Management class.  ACCT 207 or 210; BSAD 310; BSAD 413 or 425; and BSAD 427.
ACCT 207Understanding the Numbers

3
OR
ACCT 210Principles of Accounting I

3
 
BSAD 310Principles of Marketing

3
 
BSAD 413Marketing Promotions

3
OR
BSAD 425Small Business Management

3
 
BSAD 427Production and Operations Management

3

Internships

Approved internships consisting of 2-3 credit hours may be substituted for BIOL 217 (Applied track only), HIST 2XX (Applied track only), BSAD 425, OR BSAD 427.

Required Courses for both tracks

The following requirements must be taken for both the Applied Brewing and Brewing Management tracks. This includes an introductory gateway course and a final capstone course, as well as an entrepreneurship course and either an ecology or history and sociology course. Approved Internships (BREW 395) can be substituted for certain course requirements. Note: The History and Sociology of Brewing class is still in development.
BIOL 216Beer, Brie, and Bread: Preserving the Planet (SI)

3
BIOL 217The Ecology of Food (E)(SI)

3
BSAD 101Innovation and Entrepreneurship

3
BREW 401Brewing & Fermentation Capstone

1-3
HIST 2XX: The History and Sociology of Brewing can be substituted for BIOL 217. (Coming Fall 2024)