Food Studies Minor Requirements

Earn a Degree in Food Studies

To fulfill the Food Studies minor, students must complete four food-related classes and one independent study project for a total of twenty (20) credit hours, including the required nexus course, Food and Culture, plus one food-related course from Arts or Humanities, one course from the Natural Sciences and one course from the Social Sciences.

Classes may be selected from the list below, although more courses are being developed. Students do have the option to take approved food-related courses at other area institutions. All courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. 

Select Courses

• CHE 159 Food Chemistry

• ANT 344 Food and Culture (required)

• ANT 330 Food and the City

• BIO 329 Nutrition and Cancer

• SOC 230 Poverty and Social Justice

• HIS 362 Caribbean Economic History: Food and Sustainability

• BIO 482/CHE 411 Food Toxicology

• Independent Study* (required)

*Directed Studies with individual faculty, depending on department