To complete this minor, students must complete at least five courses, for a minimum of 15 credits, from the three categories below. At least two classes must be taken at the 300-level.
A. Introductory Courses (choose 1 course):
ENVIRON/BIO 101: Food, Energy and the Environment
ENVIRON 139: Local Food Systems and Sustainability
ENVIRON 270: Our Common Future
ENVIRON 290: Food – The Ecology, Economics and Ethics of Eating
UC 254 - *Much Depends on Dinner* OR *Obesity: Fatness in America*
Courses with * must contain that topic title only
B. Topical Courses (choose at least 3 courses):
ANTHRBIO 364: Nutrition and Evolution
ANTHRCUL 458: *Topic titled: Anthropology of Food and Eating*
ARCH/UP 357: Architecture, Sustainability and the City
ARTDES 250: Art-Design Perspectives III: Tech/Environment
BIO 102: Practical Botany
CLARCH/CLCIV 382: Food in the Ancient World
Earth 154: Ocean Resources
Earth 159: Toward a Sustainable Human Future
Earth 333: Inexhaustible Seas? Marine Resources & Environ Issues
EHS 540: Maternal and Childhood Nutrition (with perm of instructor)
EHS 642: Community Nutrition (with perm of instructor)
ENGLISH 225.009 *Understanding and Making Arguments about Food*
ENVIRON 242.001 *2.5 Million Years of Human Food and Foodways *
ENVIRON 302/UC 370: *The Measure of our Meals*
ENVIRON 317: Conservation of Biological Diversity
ENVIRON 390: Environmental Activism
ENVIRON 421: Restoration Ecology
ENVIRON 462.001 *Foundations of Sustainable Food Systems*
ENVIRON 462.002 *Localization: Transitional Thinking*
NRE 501: *Urban Agriculture* (if offered with perm of instructor)
NRE 565: Principles of Transition – Food, Fuel and Finance (if offered with perm of instructor)
C. Synthesis Courses (choose 1 course):
ENVIRON 302/UC 370: *The Measure of our Meals*
ENVIRON 462.001 *Foundations of Sustainable Food Systems*
ANTRHCUL 458: *Food, Politics and the Environment*
ARTDES 300: *Sustainable Food System Design*
EEB 498: Ecology of Agroecosystems
RCIDIV/ENV/EEB 316: Introduction to Food Systems
RCIDIV/ENV/EEB 318: Food, Land and Society
Courses with * must contain that topic title only