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  • AAS Curriculum

    The Associate in Applied Science degree in Food Studies is awarded upon the completion of 60 credits, including at least 45 credits in Food Studies. The major consists of four core courses, providing the foundation for the study of food from the cultural, economic, political, and environmental points of view, and 12 credits (or four courses, depending on curricular choices), in a concentration area. Fifteen credits are to be completed in a practice-based experience and capstone project approved by the department and six credits can be chosen from elective courses offered by The New School in topics relevant to students’ professional and cultural interests.

    Courses Credits
    NFDS 2050 Introduction to Food Studies3
    One introductory 3-credit course in three of the four Food Studies core areas:
    Food, culture, and communication course options
    NFDS 2101 American Culinary History: From the Erie Canal to the Food Network
    NFDS 2611 The Language of Food

    Health, science, and environment course options
    NFDS 2701 Food and the Human Body
    NFDS 2750 Molecular Gastronomy

    Policy and politics course options
    NFDS 2230 The Global Food System
    NFDS 2001 Contemporary Food Controversies

    Business of food course options
    NFDS 2300 Restaurant Ownership
    NFDS 2352 Food Product Business
    9
    Concentrations
    Building on one of the introductory courses taken toward the core requirements, students must complete 12 additional credits in one of the four concentrations. Courses taken toward the core requirement cannot be used to also satisfy the concentration requirement.

    Food Culture, Media, and Communication Concentration
    Sample courses:
    NFDS 2120 The Sweet and the Bitter: A Historical Perspective on Sugar in Culture and Society
    NFDS 2615 Food and Media
    NFDS 3401 Eating Identities: Food, Gender, and Race in Media
    NFDS 3300 Food Fights! Food in Advocacy and Socio-Political Communication
    NFDS 3615 Feast Your Eyes: Food and Film
    NFDS 2110 Culinary Luminaries: A Celebration of Those Who Have Changed the Way We Eat*
    NFDS 2906 NYC Eats: Food, People, and Places
    NFDS 2101 American Culinary History: From the Erie Canal to the Food Network

    Food Health, Science, and the Environment Concentration
    Sample courses:
    NFDS 3714 Food and the Environment
    NFDS 3300 Food Fights! Food in Advocacy and Socio-Political Communication
    NFDS 2701 Food and the Human Body
    NFDS 3274 Urban Food Systems
    NFDS 2080 Introduction to Food Design 

    Food Policy and Politics Concentration
    Sample courses:
    NFDS 3201 Making Sausage: Policy for Food Systems, Environment, and Design
    NFDS 2230 The Global Food System
    NFDS 3300 Food Fights! Food in Advocacy and Socio-Political Communication
    NFDS 4245 Social Justice in the Sustainable Food System

    Business of Food Concentration
    (At least six credits in this concentration must be taken in courses in the NFDS subject code.)
    Sample courses:
    NMGT 2110 Basic Accounting
    NMGT 2100 Introduction to Management
    NMGT 2115 Introduction to Marketing
    NMGT 2133 Finance for Management
    NFDS 4010 / UGLB 4010 Food Supply Chains, Sustainability, and Social Justice
    12
    Approved practice-based experience and capstone project
    Students completing the AAS degree are required to complete a minimum of 15 credits in practice-based experiences with departmental approval. These may include internships, prior learning, co-educational experiences, portfolio building, project development, and professional education. Practice-based experiences need not be culinary but must be relevant to the field. Within the 15 practice-based credits, 3 to 6 credits will constitute the student's capstone project, completed under the guidance of an advisor or a professional appointed by the program's chair or director on the basis of their experience in internships, co-educational experiences, and professional education (with the exclusion of prior learning).
    15
    Food Studies electives (approved by the department)6
    Approved general electives in any area of study15
    Total60
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