The Food Studies minor brings together the social and natural sciences to explore urban and sustainable agriculture, scientific aspects of food, food security issues, and topics related to food cultures, food politics and food access. The Food Studies minor will enable students to pursue an interdisciplinary minor that complements their major field of study. This minor will give students the practical expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), horticulture, urban agriculture and scholarship in issues of food access and food justice to engage in and contribute to debates about urban and community food systems, both locally and globally. In addition, the Food Studies minor will offer students the opportunity to pursue service-learning facilitated by the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning.
Course Requirements
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENV 240 | INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURE | 4 |
| GEO 241 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | 4 |
| Select two of the following: | 8 | |
| COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS | ||
| URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE | ||
| GEOGRAPHY, FOOD AND JUSTICE | ||
| Select two of the following electives: | 8 | |
| RELIGION AND ETHICS IN JAPANESE FOODSCAPES | ||
| FOOD JUSTICE IN BLACK COMMUNITIES | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD AND FOODWAYS | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD MOVEMENTS AND PRACTICES | ||
| FOOD, FUEL FOR LIFE | ||
| EXPLORING NUTRIENTS/SCIENCE OF NUTRITION | ||
CMNS 325 | ||
| COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS * | ||
| URBAN AND COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE * | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE | ||
| FRENCH CUISINE, TERROIR, AND IDENTITY: HOW FOOD SHAPES CULTURE, SOCIETY AND LIFE IN FRANCE | ||
GEO 242 | ||
| GLOBALIZATION AND RESOURCES | ||
GEO 269 | ||
| WORLD OF WINE | ||
| GEOGRAPHY, FOOD AND JUSTICE * | ||
| MULTICULTURAL GERMANY: LITERATURE, FILM, FOOD, CULTURE | ||
| FOOD, HISTORY, IDENTITY IN THE BALKANS: THE UNBEARABLE SIMILARITY OF OTHER | ||
| EAT ITALY: THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS OF ITALIAN FOOD | ||
| THE POLITICS OF FOOD, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY IN THE BALKANS | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD | ||
*If not taken as a required core course.
Please note that no more than two courses from any department may count for the minor. Questions about the minor should be directed to Professor Euan Hague (ehague@depaul.edu; Department of Geography and GIS).