This Fall semester, UMBC is offering an exciting course available as a credit and a non-credit course: Brewing I: From Raw Materials To Fermentable Wort. For M.P.S. students, the course is named Emerging Topics in Biotechnology (BTEC 655).
This course is being offered
- For graduate credit through the M.P.S. in Biotechnology as an elective (Emerging Topics in Biotechnology – BTEC 655).
- For undergraduate credit through the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as an upper-level elective.
- For non-credit through the Institute of Extended Learning
Who should consider taking this course?
This course is ideal for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding in the chemical, biochemical, and microbiology processes that are fundamental to brewing. Whether you’re enthusiastic about the brewing process, working at a brewery or want a better understanding of the different aspects of the process, you’d benefit greatly from this course. You’ll learn a great deal about the brewing process, general recipes, and gain a holistic understanding about the entire process. This course would be useful to someone who wants to seek employment in the booming microbrew industry, as well. There are lots of job opportunities because of the expanding field.
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