Requirements

 

Minor

Students must complete 20 units of food-related courses. Courses must be taken from a minimum of two different departments. At least three courses applied to the food studies minor must be taken outside the student’s major program.

Students must complete at least one course from the following:

KINE 210	Nutrition and Homeostasis	4 units
SOC 240	Sociology of Food	4 units
UEP 306	Food and the Environment	4 units

Electives

In addition to the courses listed above, students may select courses from the list below:

DWA 283	Soft Power: How Nations Interact Without War	4 units
HIST 346	The Transformation of Urban and Rural China	4 units
HIST 358/LLAS 358	Food and Drink in Mexican History	4 units
KINE 210	Nutrition and Homeostasis	4 units
KINE 298	Community Health and Fitness Research	2 units
KINE 306	Biochemistry of Exercise and Energy	4 units
KINE 398	Community Health and Fitness Research	2 units
PSYC 420	Psychology of Addiction	4 units
RELS 205	Holy Sh*t!: Engaging the Materiality of Religion	4 units
UEP 101	Environment and Society	4 units
UEP 247	Sustainable Oxy: Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Landscape Practicum	2 units
UEP 303	Sustainable Development	4 units

Students may also apply MUSC 385 as an elective for the Food Studies minor if they have enrolled in the "Music and Food" section of the course.

Students may also apply PHIL 395 as an elective for the Food Studies minor if they have enrolled in the "Philosophy of Food" section of the course.

Students may also apply PSYC 490 as an elective for the Food Studies minor if they have enrolled in the "Eating: From Cells to Society" section of the course.

Only select topics of UEP 295 have been approved to apply as an elective. See program chair for more information. Students must file the appropriate paperwork with the Registrar's Office in order to apply this course to the minor.