HIST-1084: Food Studies
Description: Interdisciplinary introductory course explores how food shapes and is shaped by culture and society. Examines how people use food to express meanings (e.g., via foodways, story, art, architecture, religion, ethical codes), how food options, practices, and inequities are shaped by social structures (e.g. cultural and legal norms regarding race, class, and gender), and how the material properties of food (e.g., chemical, ecological, technological) are linked to identities, ideological commitments, and historical moments.
Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 10 Ethical Reasoning, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.
Course Hours: 3 credits
Sections Taught: 1
Average GPA: 3.12 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 38.49%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 7.69%
| Anna Zeide | 2023 | 53.9% | 23.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 3.12 | 1 |