ANTH 300F - Anthropology of Food

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

An anthropology course that combines research and field work to study past and present food preferences and taboos in different parts of the world, as well as locally. Focus is on how food is related to physical, biotic, and social environments which includes studying food practices of different ethnic, class and religious groups. The field study component allows students to visit food sites along the Wasatch Front with a particular interest in creative methods of production, marketing, and distribution of foods. $20 fee required for field trip food samples. May be taken as an elective in Environmental Studies. Open to all students with no prerequisites.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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