SO 120 - Introduction to Food Studies

Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
Examines the complex social, economic, and cultural relations that determine what we eat. Analyzes how problems in the food system, including environmental degradation, labor injustices, and unequal access to healthy food are social problems that reflect an ongoing tension between the agency of individual eaters and the power of institutions and social structures.