SOC 310 - Food Systems and Social Change

This course investigates food systems as social institutions, considering both how they meet human needs and how they reflect and reproduce social and environmental inequalities. It focuses on systemic causes of and responses to food insecurity and malnutrition and considers critiques of food systems developed from perspectives of food democracy, food justice, and food sovereignty. Learning in this course concentrates on (1) understanding historical and social contexts of food systems, (2) exploring values and positions involved in contemporary debates about food systems, and (3) gaining knowledge of food as an arena for practical, change-oriented activism.

General Education Requirements: Ethics and Social Context and Institutions

Prerequisites: SOC 101 and Junior or Senior; or with permission

Course Typically Offered: Spring

Credits: 3