Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Food Studies

Curriculum and Electives

CORE CURRICULUM

40 Credits

 

 

 

 

Core Courses (taken by all students in program)

15

 

FOOD-GE 2017  Contemporary Issues in Food Studies

3

Fall

FOOD-GE 2033  Food Systems I

3

Fall

FOOD-GE 2015  Food Policy

3

Fall and Spring

FOOD-GE 2191  Food and Culture

3

Fall

NUTR-GE 2215  Nutrition in Food Studies

3

Spring

 

 

 

Research

6

 

FOOD-GE 2190  Research Methods

3

Fall, Spring

FOOD-GE 2061  Research Applications 

3

Fall, Spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION12

 

Food Systems (FOOD-SYS)

 

 

FOOD-GE 2016  Food Markets: Concepts and Cases

3

Spring

FOOD-GE 2036  Water, Waste and the Urban Environment

3

Fall

FOOD-GE 2034  Food Systems II

3

Spring

FOOD-GE 2110  International Food Regulation

3

Fall

or

 

 

Food Culture (FOOD-FDS)

 

 

FOOD-GE 2012  Food History

3

Spring

FOOD-GE 2019  Comparative Cuisines

3

Fall

FOOD-GE 2021  Food Writing

3

Fall, Spring

FOOD-GE 2205 Theoretical Perspectives in Food Culture
(or subsitute approved by advisement)

 

Spring

 

 

 

ELECTIVES (by advisement)

7

 

Students may choose electives from the alternative area of concentration, from the list below, or from others of interest in NYU's various schools: the Stern School of Business, the Wagner School of Public Service, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Tisch School of the Arts.

Graduate students may ONLY enroll in 2000 level classes

NUTR-GE 2208  International Study in Foods & Nutrition

6

Summer

FOOD-GE 2230  Field Trips in Foods

1-2

Fall

FOOD-GE 2006  Entrepreneurship in Food

3

Spring

NUTR-GE 2300  Independent Study
* Requires permission and approval.

1-6

Fall, Spring, Summer

FOOD-GE 2240  Advanced Topics in Food Studies    
FOOD-GE 2250  Global Food Cultures (Hong Kong, Puebla Mexico, Paris, Florence) 4  
FOOD-GE 2260 Sustainable Food Systems 2  

Others by advisement

NOTE: All  courses in the alternative Area of Concentration can be taken as electives.

* Requires permission and approval.