Overview
Through interdisciplinary courses and a capstone experience, students in the minor acquire a unique insight of food studies and emerge with a new intellectual framework for understanding this expanding area of study.
Requirements
To be eligible for the Food Studies minor, students must be in good academic standing (have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better) and have completed or be enrolled in one of the required elective courses for the minor. To apply, students must file an online application through MyUCLA. The application is open during weeks one through three of each academic quarter. See the minor website for more information.
Required Elective Courses (24 to 27 units): Six courses, with at least one course from each thematic group.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives: Anthropology 133, Asian 135, Chinese 185, Clusters M1CW, Community Engagement and Social Change M170XP, Community Health Sciences 48, 130, 131, 132, English 112E, M118F, Environment 25, Food Studies M79, M132, M170XP, 197, Italian 42C, 124, Society and Genetics M132, 134, World Arts and Cultures C129.
Perspectives from the Sciences: Clusters M1CW, Community Health Sciences 48, 130, 131, 132, Environment 25, Food Studies 27, 197, Physiological Science 7, 167, Society and Genetics M132, 134, Urban Planning M165.
Required Capstone Course (4 units): Food Studies 195CE or 199. The capstone requirement gives students the opportunity to either put their studies into practice through internship or complete independent research in a food-related area of interest. The capstone course is required for completion of the minor. It must be the last course completed for the minor, after all other courses have been completed or concurrently with one remaining course requirement.
No more than two lower-division courses may be applied toward the minor. Students may petition to have courses other than those listed above under the required elective courses be applied toward the minor. Contact the academic counselor for the Food Studies minor for information on how to petition.
A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major requirements or another minor.
Each minor course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the minor. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.