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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WOMS 431 - Food Geographies & Food Justice

Credit(s): 3
FOOD GEOGRAPHIES
Component: Lecture
Examination of the historical and contemporary factors shaping the global food system. Studying processes and practices, such as production and consumption, policymaking, activism, commodity exchange; as well as, actors including states, producers and consumers, farmworkers, farmers and policymakers. Consider how production and consumption are framed and discuss the spatial organization of access to food and agricultural resources through digging into issues related to food justice and food sovereignty on local and global scales.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with GEOG 430 .
University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement Designations: Multicultural
General Education Objectives:
GE1A: Read Critically GE1B: Analyze Arguments and Information GE1C: Engage in Constructive Ideation GE2A: Communicate Effectively in Writing GE2B: Communicate Orally GE2C: Communicate Through Creative Expression GE3A: Work Collaboratively Across a Variety of Cultures GE3B: Work Individually Across a Variety of Cultures GE4: Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications