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    Food Studies Program
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    New York, NY 10011
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  • BA/BS Curriculum

    The Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Food Studies is awarded upon the completion of 120 credits, including at least 30 credits in Food Studies. The major consists of an introductory course and four core courses, providing the foundation for the study of food from the cultural, political, and environmental points of view, and 12 credits (or four courses, depending on curricular choices), in one of the following concentrations: Culture, Media, and Communication; Health and Environment; and Policy and Politics. Six credits can be chosen from elective courses offered by The New School in topics relevant to students’ professional and cultural interests.

    Courses Credits
    NFDS 2050 Introduction to Food Studies3
    Food and culture course - Choose One
    NFDS 2101 American Culinary History: From the Erie Canal to the Food Network
    NFDS 2100 Food and Gender
    NFDS 3401 Eating Identities
    NFDS 3410 Food and Migration
    3
    Health and environment course - Choose One
    NFDS 2720 Food and the Human Body
    NFDS 4715 Food and the Environment
    3-4
    Policy and politics course - Choose One
    NFDS 3201 Making Sausage: Policy Tools for Food Systems, Environment, and Design
    NFDS 3202 Food, Power, and Paradox
    NFDS 4245 Social Justice in the Food System
    3
    Concentration Areas - Choose One

    Culture, Media, and Communication Concentration Sample Courses
    NFDS 2080 Introduction to Food Design
    NFDS 2102 Drinking History 
    NFDS 2110 Culinary Luminaries: A Celebration of Those Who Have Changed the Way We Eat
    NFDS 2615 Food and Media
    NFDS 2906 NYC Eats: Food, People, Places
    NFDS 3300 Food Fights! Food in Advocacy and Sociopolitical Communication
    NFDS 3401 Eating Identities: Food, Gender, and Race
    NFDS 3601 Professional Food Writing
    NFDS 3615 Feasting Your Eyes: Food and Film
    NFDS 4100 Understanding Global Food and Social Justice Through Music
    3
    Health and Environment Concentration Sample Courses
    NFDS 2957 Zero Food Waste
    NFDS 3274 Urban Food Systems
    NFDS 3406 Umami Studies
    NFDS 3505 Food and the Senses 
    NFDS 3714 Food and the Environment
    NFDS 3720 Urban Agriculture and Food Activism*
    NFDS 3742 Food Sovereignty and Climate Change in MENA
    *This course will be offered in summer 2023.
    3-4
    Policy and Politics Concentration Sample Courses
    NFDS 2400 Kids and Food
    NFDS 3201 Making Sausage: Policy for Food Systems, Environment, and Design
    NFDS 3202 Food, Power, and Paradox
    NFDS 3300 Food Fights! Food in Advocacy and Sociopolitical Communication
    NFDS 3310 Food Labor and Food Workers
    NFDS 3410 Food and Migration
    NFDS 4245 Social Justice in the Food System
    3
    Two approved electives 6
    Total30

    Electives

    Students can complete three to six elective credits by taking the courses offered by the Schools of Public Engagement and other colleges of The New School. Credits can also be earned through summer and/or winter courses, internships, co-ed learning, and prior learning, with departmental approval.

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