Biology of Food

Catalog description

This course will introduce non-science majors to the biological processes behind the food that we produce and harvest as well as the environmental consequences of our diet choices. This course will include material on: the rise of agriculture, plant and animal growth requirements and life cycles, evolution, and a description and discussion of food organisms in the modern North American diet, techniques of food production, and effects on the environment. Note: This course counts as a natural science core but does not satisfy requirements for the biology major or minor.