Food Studies Minor

“Food is Everything We Are” – Anthony Bourdain

Food Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that provides insight into the relationships between food and all aspects of the human experience. The program offers a wide variety of courses, including classes from the business, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. This minor complements all majors offered at the university.

Minor Requirements

Eighteen (18) credit hours from the following list of courses, one of which must be AMST 204 American Foodways, which is offered annually, and IDIS 480, Food Studies Capstone, a 3-credit, independent study under the guidance of a faculty member and approved by the program coordinator. Other courses with relevant content may be substituted with approval of the program coordinator. No more than three (3) courses from a single discipline may be applied toward satisfying the minor. At least three (3) courses must be at the 300/400 level, and no more than two (2) courses in the minor may overlap with any other major or minor. 

CodeTitleCredits
Required:
AMST 204American Foodways3
IDIS 480Food Studies Capstone3
Electives:
ANTH 320Sustainable Design & Permaculture4
ANTH 321Anthropology of Food3
ANTH 330Ethnobotany3
BIOL 323Entomology4
BIOL 415Nutrition and Metabolism3
EESC 307Environmental Soil Science3
EESC 326Pollution Prevention Planning3
EESC 357Sustainable Aquaculture3
GEOG 361Sustainability in Guatemala3
GEOG 490VSouthern Foodways3
HIST 471H1Food in World History3
MKTG 427Alleviating Food Waste3
SPAN 320PFood&Storytelling:SpanishWorld3

See our current course catalog for course descriptions: https://catalog.umw.edu/undergraduate/course-descriptions/

Ready to declare your minor? Find more information here: https://academics.umw.edu/registrar/students/majorminor-declaration/

Questions? For further information, please email

Professor Marcel P. Rotter (mrotter @ umw.edu)

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