ClassInfo - Fall 2020 Political Science Classes

Fall 2020 | POL 3317 Section 001: Food Politics: Actors, Arenas, and Agendas (33067)

Instructor(s): Wendy Rahn
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020

Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, West Bank

Anderson Hall 310
Enrollment Status:: Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Food: Everyone eats it but we increasingly fight about how it is grown, transported, processed and consumed. This disagreements find their ways into politics, whether it is neighbors battling over backyard chicken ordinances, Members of Congress arguing over how best to protect the safety of the food supply, or countries engaging in trade wars to limit the importation of agricultural products. This course takes a broad, multi-disciplinary perspective on food politics drawing on concepts and ideas from political science, sociology, and economics to analyze several contemporary "food fights," including agricultural trade, U.S. farm bills, the National School Lunch Program, proposals for taxing sodas and fatty foods, and the labeling of genetically modified food. Take this course if you want to learn more about the various resources, arguments, evidence, and rules of engagement that structure contemporary food politics. This course satisfies the Social Science Core of the Liberal Education requirements and is an eligible elective for the public health minor in CLA and the Food Systems major in CFANS.
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?rahnx003+POL3317+Fall2020
Class Description:: Food Fights! Neighbors battle over backyard chicken ordinances, Members of Congress disagree about how to safeguard the food supply, and high school students protest new standards in the Federal School Lunch Program. From New York to California and places in between, food--how it's grown, transported, processed, and consumed--has become a political battleground. Take this course if you want to learn more about the various resources, arguments, evidence, and rules of engagement that structure contemporary food politics. This course satisfies the Social Science Core requirement and is an eligible elective for the public health minor and the Food Studies major.
Exam Format:: Reading quizzes, participation in food policy simulation,website development, several in-class assignments, two exams
Class Format:: 50% discussion, 50% lecture
Workload:: 75 pages of reading per week
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33067/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 25 October 2016

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