HADM 4315

Hunger, Health and Nonprofit Social Enterprise

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2016-2017 Catalog.

This course will provide an overview of nonprofit food service management through service-learning, with a focus on social and economic policies. Key objectives include identifying management best practices for leading nonprofit food service organizations, including strategy, managing employees/volunteers, fundraising, grant proposal writing, board governance, and marketing and social media.  Through lectures, class discussions, case study analysis, research, community service work, and a grant writing practicum, students will explore the economic, social, and political issues of combating poverty and hunger in the United States.  The focus of the course will be on nonprofit food service organizations designed to combat hunger such as food banks, soup kitchens and shelters, and community outreach programs (for example Meals on Wheels and the Food Recovery Network). A mandatory field trip and community service participation is required.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisites: Highly recommended HADM 1360 or equivalent food service managment course (NS 1150), or by permission of the instructor.

Fees Mandatory field trip fee: $50.

When Offered Fall.

Comments Elective.

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