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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.

Prerequisite: STSO 2100  or STSO 2210  or STSO 2300  or STSO 2500  or STSO 2520 ; or permission of instructor.

When Offered: FALL TERM ANNUALLY

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 4


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