Minor in Food Studies

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The Minor in Food Studies is designed to enhance a number of major courses of study. It is especially good for students who have an interest in the food industry, tourism, journalism/RTVF, health science, education, or for students who just want to know more about food.

This program provides students with knowledge of the social and cultural factors that influence food choices, individual and social understandings of the meanings of food, and the sustainability of food systems, as well as a basic introduction to the general concepts of nutrition.

The minor includes 18 units of upper-division coursework, including up to 9 units of upper-division GE courses that can double count for GE and the Minor. Internships are also available.

Requirements

Minor Coursework Includes:

1. Required course:

LBST 340 Food Studies in the Social Sciences (3) (GE D.4/D.5*)

* Depending on the student's catalog year.

2. At least one course in nutrition:

ANTH 315 Culture and Nutrition (3) (GE E & Z)
BIOL/CHEM 311 Nutrition and Disease (3) (GE E)
PUBH 350 Nutrition (3) (GE E)

3. Electives to make up the total of 18 units:

AFAM 301 African American Food Culture (3) (GE D.4/D.5* & Z)
AMST 418 Food and American Culture (3)
ANTH 315 Culture and Nutrition (3). (GE E & Z)
ANTH 413 Global Ethnographies of Food (3)
ANTH 458 Sustainable Urban Food Systems (3)
ANTH 459 Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (3)
BIOL 300 Environmental Biology and Sustainability (3) (GE B.5)
BIOL 352 Plants and Life (3) (GE B.5)
CHEM 311 Nutrition and Disease (3)
CHIC/PUBH 471 Obesity, Policy, and Hispanic Communities (3)
CPLT 388 Reading Food in Literature (3)
GEOG 373 Global Cuisines (3)(GE E)
HIST 490T Senior Research Seminar: Food in History (3)
LBST 341 Ancient Eats: Food and Foodways in the Ancient World (3) (GE C.3/C.4*)
PUBH 350 Nutrition (3) (GE E)
PUBH 470 Childhood Obesity, Nutrition, and Social Context (3)
PUBH 472 Nutritional Assessment (3)
SOCI 380 The Social Life of Food (3) (GE D.1)
WGST 470T Topics in Women Studies: Feminism, Sustainability, and the Environment (3)

Any other course approved by a Food Studies minor advisor

New courses that can be applied to the minor:

ANTH 413 Global Ethnographies of Food
ANTH 215 Urban Agroecology

* Depending on the student's catalog year.

For more information, contact Dr. April Bullock, Food Studies Minor Coordinator, by emailing abullock@fullerton.edu or calling (657) 278-4038.