NUT 3000 - Nutrition: Past and Present

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): NUT 2040

Description: In this course, the science of nutrition is explored within a historical context. Students learn how ideas and practices related to food, nutrition, agriculture and food technology shift in different times and places, beginning with prehistoric times and continuing through the 20th century. This class examines how the concept of nutrition itself has changed over time and how those changes have affected what societies and individuals consume, and how this impacts nutrition-related disease trends seen in modern day.