Dec 03, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Food and Society Minor

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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Department of History > Food and Society Minor

The Food and Society Minor requires 15 semester hours (at least 9 advanced hours) taken from the courses listed below or upon approval from the Coordinator of the Food and Society Minor.

A minimum of 9 hours must be taken in residence.
Courses should be distributed from at minimum two departments.
A student must earn a 2.00 cumulative grade point average in courses attempted in the minor field at the University of Houston.

Required courses:

ANTH 3342 - Food and Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 4342 - Anthropology of Wine Credit Hours: 3.0
COMM 2383 - Food As Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
COMM 3318 - Multimedia Storytelling Credit Hours: 3.0 (**Only when the class is focused on food films)
COMM 4383 - Documentary Filmmaking Credit Hours: 3.0 (**Only when the class is focused on food films)
ECON 4389 - Topics in Contemporary Economics II Credit Hours: 3.0 “Food, Population, and the Environment”
HIST 2355 - The Global History of Food Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 2346 - America Eats: An Introduction to Food History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4321 - The History of Jewish Food Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4367 - U.S. Latina/o Food History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4368 - Food, Drink, and Drugs of Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
HLT 4303 - The Obesity Epidemic Credit Hours: 3.0
HRMA 3335 - Alcoholic Beverage Production - Wine, Spirits and Beer Credit Hours: 3.0
HRMA 3345 - Wine Appreciation Credit Hours: 3.0
HRMA 3346 - Beer Appreciation Credit Hours: 3.0
NUTR 2332 - Introduction To Human Nutrition Credit Hours: 3.0
NUTR 4334 - Community Nutrition Credit Hours: 3.0
NUTR 4345 - The Obesity Epidemic Credit Hours: 3.0
NUTR 4349 - Public Policy in Nutrition Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3360 - Sociology of Food Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3361 - Sociology of Gender and Food Credit Hours: 3.0