printer friendly pageCHPR 166: Food and Society: Exploring Eating Behaviors in Social, Environmental, and Policy Context (HUMBIO 166)
Undergraduate Prerequisites: Human Biology Major/Minor or Biology Major/Minor or consent of instructor. HUMBIO students must enroll in
HUMBIO 166. Med/Graduate students must enroll in
CHPR 166. The material in this course is an introduction to the field and the target audience is undergraduates. It may be of interest to graduate students unfamiliar with the field. The class examines the array of forces that affect the foods human beings eat, and when, where, and how we eat them, including human labor, agriculture, environmental sustainability, politics, animal rights/welfare, ethics, policy, culture, economics, business, law, trade, and ideology, and psychology. The class addresses the impact of current policies and actions that might be taken to improve human nutrition and health; macro-scale influences on food, nutrition, and eating behavior. CHPR master's students must enroll for a letter grade.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Gardner, C. (PI)
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