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:
Electives
In addition to the courses listed above, students may select courses from the list below:
| COGS 280 | Food, Drugs, Sex, and the Brain | 4 |
| 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 |
| PHIL 395 | Philosophy Seminar | 4 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 240 | Urban Sustainability: Raising Animals as a Part of Regenerative Agriculture | 2 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 |
| UEP 390/LLAS 390 | Los Angeles and the Global Food Economy | 4 |
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 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 and PHIL 395 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.