SOCIOLOGY OF FOOD

PEP181

Course Code: PEP181
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Associate Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gains a sociological perspective on food production and consumption.
Learns the developments in the field of food.
Gains a critical approach to current social problems.
Understands the importance of food in terms of sociological dimension.
Can grasp the connections of food and sociology in the future and in the past.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Within the scope of the definition of sociology and its relation to gastronomy, agricultural production, industrial food production, international food chains, sustainable food, social movements and food relations are explained.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Login and introduction
2^nd Week	Definition of sociology and its relationship with gastronomy: production and consumption perspectives
3^rd Week	Class and the Production of Food
4^th Week	Gender, food production and consumption
5^th Week	Agricultural production: Examples from the world and Turkey
6^th Week	Industrial Food Production: Analysis of fields and livestock
7^th Week	International food chains
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Famine and Hunger: Those left out of the system in the age of abundance
10^th Week	Sustainable food production and food safety
11^th Week	Globalization and food
12^th Week	A critical look at diets
13^th Week	Social movements and food
14^th Week	Student presentations
15^th Week

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12