The Food Studies minor brings together the social and natural sciences to explore urban and sustainable agriculture, scientific aspects of food, food security issues, and topics related to food cultures, food politics and food access. The Food Studies minor will enable students to pursue an interdisciplinary minor that complements their major field of study. This minor will give students the practical expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), horticulture, urban agriculture and scholarship in issues of food access and food justice to engage in and contribute to debates about urban and community food systems, both locally and globally. In addition, the Food Studies minor will offer students the opportunity to pursue service-learning facilitated by the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning.
Course Requirements
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
ENV 240 | INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURE | 4 |
GEO 241 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | 4 |
| 8 |
CSS 320 | COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS | |
ENV 245 | URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE | |
GEO 351 | GEOGRAPHY, FOOD AND JUSTICE | |
| 8 |
ANT 109 | FOOD AND CULTURE | |
ANT 342 | ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD MOVEMENTS AND PRACTICES | |
BIO 156 | FOOD, FUEL FOR LIFE | |
CHE 105 | EXPLORING NUTRIENTS/SCIENCE OF NUTRITION | |
CSS 320 | COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS | |
ENV 245 | URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE | |
ENV 310 | ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE | |
GEO 242 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS II: COMMUNITY GIS | |
GEO 260 | GLOBALIZATION AND RESOURCES | |
GEO 269 | CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY | |
GEO 350 | WORLD OF WINE | |
GEO 351 | GEOGRAPHY, FOOD AND JUSTICE | |
CMNS 325 | PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY | |
ITA 260E | EAT ITALY: THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS OF ITALIAN FOOD | |
SOC 370 | SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD | |
Please note that no more than two courses from any department may count for the minor. Questions about the minor should be directed to Professor Maureen Sioh (Department of Geography).
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