Hunger and Food Security Studies - Minor

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College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

This minor provides students with a broad understanding of the complexity of hunger and the various programs, policies, and environmental changes that can reduce this significant social issue. This minor is available to all undergraduate majors.

Required Course

NDFS 5010 - Hunger Issues and Solutions 3 credit(s)

Food, Nutrition, and Health

Select 3 credits from the following courses:

HEP 2500 - Health and Wellness 2 credit(s)
NDFS 3080 - Community Nutrition 3 credit(s)
NDFS 3110 - Food, Technology, and Health (DSC) 3 credit(s)
NDFS 5200 - Nutritional Epidemiology 3 credit(s)
NDFS 5210 - Advanced Public Health Nutrition (CI) 3 credit(s)
NDFS 5230 - Communication of Current Topics in Nutrition (CI) 3 credit(s)

History, Sociology, and Anthropology

Select 3 credits from the following courses:

ANTH 2010 - Peoples of the Contemporary World (BSS) 3 credit(s)
ANTH 4130 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology (DSS) 3 credit(s)
ANTH 4140 - Anthropology of Global Health (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENGL 3630 - The Farm in Literature and Culture (CI/DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 3910 - Health, Disease, and Medicine in North America (DHA) 3 credit(s)
HIST 3950 - Environmental History (CI/DHA) 3 credit(s)
SOC 2650 - Globalization and International Development (BSS) 3 credit(s)
SOC 3330 - Medical Sociology (DSS) 3 credit(s)
SOC 3520 - Sociology of Mental Illness 3 credit(s)

Resources, Climate, and Sustainability

Select 3 credits from the following courses:

ENVS 2340 - Environment, Natural Resources, and Society (BSS) 3 credit(s)
ENVS 3010 - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy 3 credit(s)
ENVS 4700 - Communicating Sustainability (CI) 3 credit(s)
TEE 2200 - Aquaponic Systems (BPS) 3 credit(s)

Geography and the Environment

Select 3-4 credits from the following courses:

ASTE 2900 - Food Matters: Ethics, Economics, and the Environment (BSS) 3 credit(s)
ASTE 2100 - Personal and Team Leadership 3 credit(s)
ASTE 5260 - Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Systems (CI) 3 credit(s)
ENVS 5000 - Environmental Nonprofit and Volunteer Management 3 credit(s)
GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences 4 credit(s)
GEOG 3100 - Human-Environment Geography (CI) 3 credit(s)