Spring 2025 food-related courses

All of these classes have been pre-approved for the Food Systems & Nutrition minor and the Food Systems, Nutrition and Environment track of the Environmental Studies major or co-major. You may also petition to count other courses, including those from study abroad (limit of one for the minor, two overall for the major/co-major) and classes where you are able to add substantial food-related content through assignments or other customization. Find all the details about the minor and the major tracks on the Environmental Studies Program website.

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At the School of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (ASE):

  • The Commons and Commoning (ANTH 185-01)
  • Microbiology (BIO 106)
  • General Physiology (BIO 116)
  • Cellular Agriculture and Biofabricated Foods (BME 173)
  • Cellular Agriculture and Cultured Meat Lab (BME 174)
  • Beyond the Food Desert: Structural Determinants of Food Access (CH 199-01)
  • Sustainability in Action (ENV 100)
  • Practicing in Food Systems (ENV 190, cross-listed w/ANTH159)
  • An Insider’s Guide to the World of Food Media (EXP 15)
  • Sugar and Nation in the Spanish Caribbean (HIST 20/SPAN 51)
  • Human Nutrition (NU 101)
  • Nutrition & Behavior (PSY 128/NU 128)
  • Sociology of Food (SOC 191)

At the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA)

  • Food as Sculpture since 1960 (VMS 128/ENV 128)

At the Friedman School for Nutrition Science and Policy

NOTE: Courses listed here are open to undergraduates, with instructor permission. Other courses from the Friedman School listing may also be available; email the instructor to check. If you’re not sure whether a Friedman School course will count toward the Food Systems & Nutrition minor or the food track of the ENVS major, email cathy.stanton@tufts.edu.

  • Nutrition and Entrepreneurship (ENT 280/NUTR 280)
  • Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (NUTR 331)