Transformative Food Systems MA

The Transformative Food Systems MA at Prescott College is an online Master of Arts focused on food systems as interconnected social, economic, and environmental systems. Students study key courses including Food Systems, Food Justice Seminar, Critical Perspectives: Food, Place, and Identity, Agroecology: Theory and Analysis, Food and Agriculture: Advanced Policy, and Strategic Media and Communications. The program includes a common core and interdisciplinary concentrations such as Agroecology & Biodiversity, Food Justice, Resilience Planning and Climate Solutions, Media & Communications, and more.

The curriculum uses a conscious food systems perspective and is built through a partnership with the Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA), an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Learning takes place in an experiential online environment with asynchronous learning and peer sharing. All students complete a final Capstone project that can be a practicum, professionalization portfolio, a creative project, an applied research project, or a thesis document.

Modules

• Food Systems
• Food Justice Seminar
• Critical Perspectives: Food, Place, and Identity
• Building Diverse Networks for Change
• Agroecology: Theory and Analysis
• Social Values and Value Chains
• Food and Agriculture: Advanced Policy
• Strategic Media and Communications
• Capstone

• Regenerative Agriculture Consultant
• Climate and Food Systems Specialist
• Food & Sustainability-based Non Profit Leadership
• Transformational Change Consultant
• Sustainable Supply Chain Manager
• Conscious Food Systems Educator
• Eco-Gastronomy Expert
• Urban Agriculture Coordinator
• Public Health and Food Policy Advisor
• Resilience Planner
• Food Journalism/Communications
• Circular Economy Specialist