Nutrition in Foodservice, Culinary and Food Systems
Nutrition undergraduate option
Satisfy your hunger for meaningful work
Corvallis Campus
Solve food security challenges for a community. Ensure school kids get healthy meals to help them learn and thrive.
The nutrition in foodservice, culinary and food systems degree option will prepare you for a career directing foodservice operations focused on serving healthy options using local ingredients.
You’ll do meaningful work that centers on providing nourishing food to those who need it.
Courses
Use the nutrition in foodservice, culinary and food systems option sheet and degree map to explore required courses and when to take them.
Choose one or both academic tracks
Food Systems Track
- Learn about the food system and how food and foodservice contribute to climate change, as well as demands for water and waste disposal.
- Courses range from preserving land, water and fisheries, to examining the policies and economics of changing our food system.
Culinary Track
- Learn about food operations and preparing healthy, trendy foods that consumers demand.
- Learn how to cook professionally, develop and modify recipes, write healthy menus, provide customer service and create food concepts.
- Integrates course work taken at Oregon State and the Culinary Arts program at Linn-Benton Community College.
Your experience as a nutrition undergrad student
Learn alongside curious peers and faculty while building the real-world skills needed to lead change and promote healthier lives.
Internships
With an internship built into the program, you’ll gain valuable experience and practical skills before you graduate.
What will you do with the nutrition in foodservice, culinary and food systems option?
Do work that helps food system to produce healthy, sustainable food choices for all.
Grow and produce food with human health, environmental conservation and food security in mind.
Foodservice has a consistent demand for professionals, and sustainability jobs are rapidly growing.
Sample career locations
Culinary Track
- Food sales and distribution centers
- College foodservice
- Corporate restaurant offices
- Hotel chains
- Kitchen design
- Nursing homes
- Restaurants
- School foodservice
- Wineries
Food Systems Track
- Farms
- Food banks
- Food companies
- Public health organizations
- State, national and global agencies and nonprofits
- USDA Extension
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“The reason I'm in the nutrition in foodservice, culinary and food systems program is because of how passionate I am about food and people's wellness. I want to help people appreciate food as much as their overall well-being.”
Nuo Cheng
Major: Nutrition: Foodservice, culinary and food systems student, culinary track
Nutrition options and related programs
Dietetics
In the dietetics degree option, you’ll play an important role in helping people make nourishing choices about what they eat and understand how nutrition impacts their health and well-being.
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Choose the nutrition and health sciences degree option if you’re curious about the science behind the food we eat and/or want to pursue med school or the allied health sciences.
Nutrition in Foodservice, Culinary and Food Systems
The nutrition in foodservice, culinary and food systems degree option will prepare you for a career directing foodservice operations focused on serving healthy options using local ingredients.
Nutrition Science Minor
In the nutrition science minor, you’ll study the science behind nutrients, health promotion and disease prevention while gaining skills in research, communication and critical thinking.
Community Nutrition Minor
In the community nutrition minor, you'll learn how food, nutrition and education impact public health. Gain hands-on skills to support wellness in schools, communities and families.
Minors and certificates
A health minor or certificate will give you unique skills and perspectives on how to ensure health and well-being for all — in any future career.
Contact us
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For program or admissions info, email the College of Health recruitment team.