WORLD HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the complex links between nutrition and malnutrition. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Learn and apply the economic tools of supply and demand to solving/analyzing issues including income and population growth, income and population policies, and agricultural supply topics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Synthesize knowledge about the economics and nutritional aspects of world hunger to better understand solutions. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Communicate effectively through written reports and online discussions. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of addressing issues of population growth, hunger and poverty. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of food, hunger and malnutrition. Identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the complex links between nutrition and malnutrition. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Learn and apply the economic tools of supply and demand to solving/analyzing issues including income and population growth, income and population policies, and agricultural supply topics. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Synthesize knowledge about the economics and nutritional aspects of world hunger to better understand solutions. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Communicate effectively through written reports and online discussions. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of addressing issues of population growth, hunger and poverty. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of food, hunger and malnutrition. Identify potential tradeoffs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Undergraduate