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Program Overview
Food Studies is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to understanding where our food comes from and how it shapes our bodies and identities. The program focuses on five basic themes: food systems, cultures, industries, health, and the environment while drawing from a number of disciplinary methodologies. Courses will span all of human history, from our foraging ancestors to the contemporary industrial food system, and around the world, examining diverse cultural traditions of farming, cooking, and eating. The study of food provides both theoretical understanding and practical knowledge for professional careers in health care, business, government service, non-governmental organizations, and educational and community programs.
Complementary Programs: History, Global Asia Studies, Geography, Anthropology, Environmental Science, Biology
Check out future career opportunities and skills acquired from completing this program:
1. Competencies & Skills
- Understand how food shapes personal and collective identities of race, class, gender, and nation
- Recognize patterns and interpret historical events
- Conduct community based research, gathering cultural data through observation and interviews
- Research, analyze, and develop understanding from various scholarly literature
2. Careers for Graduates
- Volunteer Coordinator, Community Agencies
- Program Coordinator, Community Agencies
- Community Outreach Coordinator, Food Centres
- Food writer/Blogger/ Journalist
- Media Community Advocate, Non-profit/Food Councils
- Policy Advisor
- Research Analyst
3. Further Education
- Integrated Studies in Land & Food Systems
- Food & Agribusiness Management
- International Development
- History
- Public Policy/Public Administration
- Law School
- Food & Media
- Social Service Worker
- Marketing
Program Pathway
Year 1 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 2 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 3 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 4 or Final Year | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Contacts
- Departmental Contact: Urooj Khan, u.khan@utoronto.ca, 416-287-7184
- Food Studies Librarian: Whitney Kemble, whitney.kemble@utoronto.ca, 416-287-7499
- Academic Advising & Career Centre: Room AC213, 416-287-7561
- Department of Student Life: Room SL157, 416-208-4760
- Historical and Cultural Studies Student Association (HCSSA)
Did You Know
Our Food Studies program is the first of its kind in Canada that features a teaching kitchen and a campus farm.