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SSC 204 - Nutrition II: Biocultural Perspective on Food and Nutrition

3 CR

This course examines a biological, cultural and societal patterns of food consumption and their influence on ethnic identity, growth and health. Topics focus on historical and contemporary food systems and diets, human relationships with food, symbolic meaning of food, essential nutrition, globalization of food, nutritional ecology, under- and over- nutrition crisis and technologies for food production. The course targets students pursuing occupations in food studies and nutrition, social science, as well as those entering biology/nursing fields. (This course is cross-listed with BIO 204 )

Prerequisite(s): BIO 104  or SSC 100  or instructor permission.



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