NS 2450 - Social Science Perspectives on Food and Nutrition

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: NS 1150. Must be enrolled by third class meeting. Limited enrollment.

C. Bisogni and J. Sobal.

Uses theories, concepts, and methods from the social sciences to examine food, eating, and nutrition. The food choice process model is used as a framework for examining the scope of social science aspects of nutrition. Assignments include examinations, short papers, and two research projects, one qualitative and one quantitative, for which students prepare proposals, collect and interpret data, and write papers to report data.