FOOD, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge about how the system of food production, distribution and consumption in the United States is organized, how it has changed, and how it is changing. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand the ways that technologies, globalization, and social movements have affected the food system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Present clearly written, persuasive arguments in response to academic questions. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Prepare for and present in oral discussion by offering points with evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize, challenge and avoid false analogies, overgeneralizations, and other logical fallacies. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge about how the system of food production, distribution and consumption in the United States is organized, how it has changed, and how it is changing. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand the ways that technologies, globalization, and social movements have affected the food system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Present clearly written, persuasive arguments in response to academic questions. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Prepare for and present in oral discussion by offering points with evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize, challenge and avoid false analogies, overgeneralizations, and other logical fallacies. Audience: Undergraduate