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Winter Session 2020 will run from December 26, 2019 to January 18, 2020, with three-week on-campus classes beginning on January 2, 2020. We will update the Winter Session site in September. If you would like to receive an email when this happens, please join our email list. In the meantime, you may want to browse through the site to get an idea of what we offer.

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ANTHR 2496 The Anthropology and History of the Food You Eat

Course description

Students in this on-line course will discuss readings on the history and anthropology of the development of the global food system while at the same time document and examine their own food habits. The course will present case studies from Mexico, Peru, India, Africa, as well as from the United States so that students delve into the history and extent of corporate control of food production while they buy and consume food, and document and analyze their diet.

Classes

The next offering of this course is undetermined at this time. Find similar upcoming programs by tag: agriculture, animal science, anthropology, food/nutrition, history, online, winter

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