Food is essential because it provides life-sustaining nutrients and the energy we need to thrive. As any south Louisianian will tell you over a steaming pile of crawfish, food is essential to the fun. It’s inseparable from culture. In the School of Nutrition & Food Sciences, our world-class faculty teach students from diverse backgrounds how to keep food fresh, nutritious, safe, and delicious. We teach the basics of nutrition required to improve health. The learning environment is structured to promote self-reliance, critical thinking, problem-solving, intellectual curiosity, community involvement, scholarly pursuits, lifelong learning, and professional integrity. Students are prepared for careers in food and nutrition management, dietetics, public policy, research and development, quality assurance, packaging technology, food law and regulations, and education and research with job opportunities in the food or health industries, government, or commodity groups.
