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STSO 4260 - Food, Farms, and Famine


This course provides students with a wide-ranging understanding of the environmental and social context of food, agriculture, and hunger. Drawing primarily on sociological concepts and research, the class will take a “food systems” approach, analyzing food as it travels from farm to table as part of an interconnected process. Students will examine why humans eat the way they do and how individuals’ food choices affect other people and the environment.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSO 2210 , STSO 2300 , STSO 2500 , STSO 2510, STSO 2520 , or permission of instructor.

 

When Offered: Fall semester, even-numbered years



Credit Hours: 4



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