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Minor

Food Studies Minor

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 43 courses

About This Program

Through interdisciplinary courses and a capstone experience, students in the minor acquire a unique insight of food studies and emerge with a new intellectual framework for understanding this expanding area of study. The capstone requirement gives students the opportunity to either put their studies into practice through internship or complete independent research in a food-related area of interest.

Degree Requirements

The Minor: Required Elective Courses (24 to 27 units)

Select six courses from the following thematic groups, with at least one course from each thematic group:

The Minor: Required Elective Courses (24 to 27 units): Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives

Code Course Title Credits
ANTHRO 133 Anthropology of Food 4
ASIAN 135 Asian Foodways across Borders 4
CHIN 185 Food and Love in Chinese Culture 4
CLUSTER M1CW Food: Lens for Environment and Sustainability—Special Topics 6
CESC M170XP Food Studies and Food Justice in Los Angeles 4
COM HLT 48 Nutrition and Food Studies: Principles and Practice 5
COM HLT 130 Nutrition and Health 4
COM HLT 131 Healthy Food Access in Los Angeles: History and Practice of Urban Agriculture 4
COM HLT 132 Health, Disease, and Health Services in Latin America 4
ENGL 112E Food and Fantasy in Irish Tradition and Literature 5
ENGL M118F Food Cultures and Food Politics 5
ENVIRON 25 Good Food for Everyone: Health, Sustainability, and Culture 5
ELTS M25 Global Food Studies: Ecocultural Sustainability and Diversity 5
FOOD ST M25 Global Food Studies: Ecocultural Sustainability and Diversity 5
FOOD ST 35 Visual Representations of Food from Antiquity to Present 5
FOOD ST M79 Food Politics: Cultural Solutions to Political Problems 5
FOOD ST M132 Food Cultures and Food Politics 5
FOOD ST 133W Historical Recipes and Recipe for History 5
FOOD ST M136 Eating Society: Science and Politics of Food from Individual to Planetary Health 4
FOOD ST 141 Introduction to Permaculture 4
FOOD ST 159 Food and Health in Global Perspective 4
FOOD ST M167 Historical Sociology of Urban/Rural Relations and Food Production 4
FOOD ST M170XP Food Studies and Food Justice in Los Angeles 4
FOOD ST M176XP Making Films about Food 5
FOOD ST M177 Superfoods: Cultural and Global Perspectives 4
FOOD ST M179 Food Activism in Los Angeles: Narrating Pasts, Imagining Futures 4
FOOD ST 181 Special Topics: Perspectives on Food and Society 4
FOOD ST 187 Special Topics in Food Studies 4
FOOD ST 197 Individual Studies in Foodways, Diet, and Nutrition 2 to 8
ITALIAN 42C Italy Through the Ages in English: Food and Literature in Italy 5
ITALIAN 124 Food and Literature in Italy 4
SOC GEN M132 Food Cultures and Food Politics 5
SOC GEN 134 Food and Health in Global Perspective 4
WL ARTS C129 Food Customs and Symbolism 4

The Minor: Required Elective Courses (24 to 27 units): Perspectives from the Sciences

Code Course Title Credits
CLUSTER M1CW Food: Lens for Environment and Sustainability—Special Topics 6
COM HLT 48 Nutrition and Food Studies: Principles and Practice 5
COM HLT 130 Nutrition and Health 4
COM HLT 131 Healthy Food Access in Los Angeles: History and Practice of Urban Agriculture 4
COM HLT 132 Health, Disease, and Health Services in Latin America 4
ENVIRON 25 Good Food for Everyone: Health, Sustainability, and Culture 5
FOOD ST 27 Critical Thinking about Food and Science Publications 5
FOOD ST M136 Eating Society: Science and Politics of Food from Individual to Planetary Health 4
FOOD ST 141 Introduction to Permaculture 4
FOOD ST 142 Introduction to Cellular Agriculture 4
FOOD ST M157 Food: Molecules, Microbes, Environment 4
FOOD ST 159 Food and Health in Global Perspective 4
FOOD ST 181 Special Topics: Perspectives on Food and Society 4
FOOD ST 187 Special Topics in Food Studies 4
FOOD ST 197 Individual Studies in Foodways, Diet, and Nutrition 2 to 8
PHYSCI 7 Science and Food: Physical and Molecular Origins of What We Eat 5
PHYSCI 128 Me, Myself, and Microbes: The Microbiome in Health and Disease 5
PHYSCI 167 Physiology of Nutrition 4
SOC GEN M132 Food Cultures and Food Politics 5
SOC GEN 134 Food and Health in Global Perspective 4
URBN PL M165 Environmentalism: Past, Present, and Future 4

The Minor: Required Capstone Course (4 units)

Select one course from:

Code Course Title Credits
FOOD ST 195CE Community and Corporate Internships in Food Studies 4
FOOD ST 199 Directed Research or Senior Project in Food Studies 4

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