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May 20, 2024
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GEOG 3410 - Geography of Hunger and Food Security
Provides students a foundation for understanding and interpreting changing global and regional patterns of hunger and food security. Environmental, political, economic, and demographic dimensions of hunger and food security are examined. Social and policy interventions aimed at reducing hunger are evaluated through examination of case studies from the developing and industrialized world.
Requisites: GEOG 1200 or 1310
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will develop a sophisticated understanding of global and regional economic patterns of hunger and food security.
- Students will develop analytical skills through participation in class discussions, careful reading of course texts, and extensive written work.
- Students will evaluate major theories of hunger and famine in light of evidence from contemporary case studies.
- Students will master central concepts required to investigate how and why these patterns are changing.
- Students will master theoretical approaches to hunger and food security and use frameworks to evaluate case studies on the social and environmental causes of chronic and acute food security.
- Students will understand characteristics of change in the global agri-food system and the implications for policies and programs designed to reduce hunger.
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