3-3-0

Beer is among the world's most popular beverages and the industry continues to grow at both the megabrewery and microbrewery levels. This course is a general interest course on the nature of beer from a historical, sociological, and scientific perspective. The diverse nature of beer will be explored, as well as how the beverage has developed from its origins many throusands of years ago to what it has become today. Of particular emphasis will be the development of a general understanding of the brewing process, and the science and engineering involved. Various examples of beer's impact on society and culture will also be discussed.





This course cannot be taken for science credit