Undergraduate Minor in Food Studies
Contacts
Program Director – Hannah Cutting-Jones (Food Studies, Global Studies): hcutting@uoregon.edu.
Declaration & Advising
Food Studies students work with academic and career advisors in Tykeson College and Career Advising at Tykeson Hall. Advisors are available for both drop-in advising and 30-minute virtual appointments. To declare a Food Studies minor, contact Tykeson College and Career Advising at Tykeson Hall. Tykeson Hall is located on 13th Avenue, between Johnson and Chapman Halls.
Requirements for the Food Studies Minor
- The minor requires 24 graded credits (6 courses) from approved courses, at least twelve of which must be upper-division courses.
- Letter grades of C- or better must be earned in all courses applied to the minor.
- Students can count up to two upper division courses from their major department.
- Students are required to take at least one 400-level course or capstone seminar.
- Some “special topics” courses that focus on food may count toward the minor. Check with the advisors if you have one in mind.
- All upper-division courses for the Food Studies minor must be taken in residency at the University of Oregon. (“In residency” includes UO study abroad courses.)
- No more than three courses with the same subject heading will count for the minor (including ENVS).
Foundational Courses (12 credits, 3 courses)
Offered each year and required for minor. You MUST take ENVS 225 and then choose one course from the natural sciences and one course from the humanities.
- Social Science: ENVS 225 (required)
- Natural Science: ANTH 220 or ANTH 248 or HPHY 105
- Humanities: HIST 215 or HUM 245 or PHIL 220
Elective Courses (8 credits, 2 courses)
Any upper division elective courses listed on the current Food Studies minor requirements or tip sheet.
Capstone Seminar (4 credits, 1 course)
Students are required to take at least one capstone seminar course. A Food Studies minor–approved 400-level course, LA 390, HPHY 399 Nutrition and Metabolism, or a practical learning experience approved by the Food Studies faculty advisor (e.g. an internship, study abroad, service learning, or research) satisfy the capstone seminar requirement.
Spring 2024 Food Studies Minor Tip Sheet
Unless otherwise noted, classes are held in person at the Eugene Main Campus.
Humanities Foundation:
PHIL 220 (McKenna) Food Ethics >1 CRN 33957
Natural Sciences Foundation:
HYPHY 105 (Wiltshire ) Principles of Nutrition >3 CRN 32143
Elective Courses:
ANTH 329 (Herrera) Immigrant & Farmworkers >2 >IP >US (P) CRN 20158
ENVS 467/567 (Martin) Sustain Agriculture CRN 31684
HC 231 (Cutting-Jones) Protein Wars >2 CRN 35902
HC 441 (Hinkle) Top Water: Deep Dive CRN 36002
GLBL 425/525 (Meek) Food Sovereignty CRN 35652
MGMT 410 (Gabrielsen) Business of Food CRN 32868
GEOG 425 (Whiting) Hydrology and Water Resources CRN 31929
Capstone Seminar:
ENVS 404 Intern Food Studies CRN 31668
ENVS 467/567 (Martin) Sustain Agriculture CRN 31684
GLBL 425/525 (Meek) Food Sovereignty CRN 35652
LA 390 (Keeler) Urban Farm CRN 32613 /32614