NTR 2115 - Food and Culture

Credits: 3

This course is designed to examine food as learned behavior through ideas, beliefs and rules through culture. Students will gain a better understanding of how food habits function beyond providing calories and sustenance. This course will explore connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal identities and social groups are formed though food production, preparation, and consumption. We will study six different ethnic food systems (Western (American), Indian, Middle Eastern, Latin, Asian, European) and analyze them based on nutritional recommendations for health in cross-cultural settings.

Undergraduate