Bachelor's in Food Studies

Food Studies is a Bachelor program taught at Occidental College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Food Studies at Occidental College is an interdisciplinary minor that examines food as part of cultural, political, and environmental systems. Students study how food production, consumption, and policy shape health, culture, economies, and communities, using courses drawn from the liberal arts. Coursework spans history, sociology, environmental science, public health, media, religion, and the arts, with an emphasis on critical thinking and systems analysis.

Students explore food across biological, cultural, political, and environmental frameworks, including how food systems reflect power, culture, economics, and environmental change. The minor also uses equity and sustainability lenses to examine food access, labor, environmental impacts, and public health. Learning connects classroom work with co-curricular initiatives and community-based work in Los Angeles, including hands-on practica and community-based learning approaches.

Modules

• Food Systems in Context
• Food, Drugs, Sex, & the Brain
• Sociology of Food
• Food, Energy, & Sustainability Team
• Food and the Environment
• The Transformation of Urban & Rural China
• Holy Sh*t!: Engaging the Materiality of Religion

The minimum requirements for admission in Food Studies at Occidental College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Occidental College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Occidental College as pre-requiste for admission in Food Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.oxy.edu/academics/areas-study/food-studies

• Food policy
• Public health
• Sustainability
• Advocacy
• Education
• Communications

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.