Food Studies, Minor

Program Overview

The interdisciplinary Food Studies minor will complement a wide range of majors for students who wish to add more perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to their major program on aspects of food (e.g. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Nutritional Sciences, Environmental Science, etc.), or for students who wish to add more of an emphasis on food and food systems to their humanities and social sciences major (e.g. History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Social Work, etc.). As is often pointed out in food studies, “Everybody Eats,” making food an excellent boundary object for bringing together a wide variety of topics and approaches. Food is a multibillion-dollar annual industry and a linchpin for economic systems as well as people’s daily life and health. Food is also central to culture and society – who we are, the ways we connect, and how social institutions function. Career opportunities in food-related professions are expanding rapidly, and this minor can help create pathways for supporting careers in nonprofit and NGO work, marketing, food production and distribution companies, food science, government positions ranging from local to international levels, retail food operations, multi-media publishing, and more.

Minor Requirements - 18 hours

Required - 3 hours

ENST 2305Introduction to Food Studies

3

Electives (Liberal Arts) - Choose 3 hours

ANTH 4310Food and Culture

3

ENST 4310Food and Gender

3

HIST 4333Food and Agricultural History

3

PHIL 4318Philosophy of Food

3

Electives (Interdisciplinary) - Choose 12 hours

ANTH 4310Food and Culture

3

EEMS 3360Soil Science and Conservation

3

EEMS 4360Food Science

3

EEMS 4366Nanotechnologies for Food and Agriculture

3

ENST 4310Food and Gender

3

ENVR 3305Sustainable Agriculture

3

HIST 4333Food and Agricultural History

3

HOST 2310Introduction to Food Preparation and Menu Plan

3

Or

NUTR 3452Culinary Nutrition

4

HOST 3316Culture and Cuisine

3

HOST 4310Restaurant Management Operations

3

HOST 4314Wine & Beverage Appreciation

3

MARS 3350General Aquaculture

3

PHIL 4318Philosophy of Food

3

SAFS 4306Medicinal Food Chemistry

3

SAFS 4429Agroecology

4

SOCW 3395The Natural Environment and Human Well-Being

3

Repeated courses can only be used to meet one area within the minor.