

As the first master’s degree in the US devoted to food scholarship, the Food Studies MA combines approaches from the humanities and social sciences to prepare you to analyze cultural, political, economic, environmental, and geographic approaches to food within local, urban, and global contexts.
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Our mission is to teach you how to examine the ways in which individuals, communities, and societies produce, distribute, and consume food. Given the University’s dynamic New York City location, your investigations of these topics will focus on cities as the center of flows of people, produce, and media products.
Students in the Food Studies MA develop a range of skills, including:
Course work in the Master of Arts in Food Studies encompasses the study of food systems, culture, and policy, as well as a research component designed to help you learn how to apply class concepts to real-world issues. You will take additional credits in specialization modules likes policy/advocacy, business/social entrepreneurship, and media/cultural analysis, allowing you to dig deeper into your personal interests within the world of food studies.
Graduates of the Food Studies MA find jobs in all areas within the food industry:
Visit our Alumni in Action page for more information about graduates of our program.
Food Studies Graduate Online Information Session
Monday, December 12, 2022 at 4:00 PM until 5:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
Please join us for an information session to learn more about the Food Studies Masters Program at NYU. After an overview of the program and faculty, we will leave time to answer questions.
Meet Sara Snyder who is a media producer currently at the TODAY Show.
Check out a Q&A with Food Studies graduate student Abby Katz, who was recently named a James Beard Foundation National Scholar.
If you have any additional questions about our degree, please feel free to contact foodstudiesma@nyu.edu.
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