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 246 | Sustainable Oxy | 2 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.