UVA Food-Related Courses

Food-Related Courses

*Courses are intersectional and may encompass food systems to some degree. Bolded courses focus predominantly on food systems and/or agriculture.* 

*Dates and last names provided highlight when the course was last offered by whom, but is not limited to whether the course will be offered again in the Fall, Spring, or during JTerm and who will teach it in the future.*

AAS 3500 (19320): Environmental Justice across the Globe (Spring 23) Fields

AAS 3500 (12800): Race, Class, Politics & the Environment (Fall 22) Fields (AAS 2559 (19388) in S21)

AAS 3749 Food and Meaning in Africa and the Diaspora 

AAS 3500 Africulture: The African Roots of US Agriculture [Cross-listed as ETP 3500]

AMST 3559-002 (19874): Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalism (Spring 24) Azua 

ANTH 3152: Rainforests of Flesh / Peoples of Spirit 

ANTH 3290: Biopolitics & the Contemporary Condition (Spring 24) Zigon

ANTH 3100: Indigenous Landscapes (Spring 24) Igoe

ANTH 2160: Culture and the Environment (Spring 24) Weston

ANTH 3100: Indigenous Landscapes (Spring 24) 

ANTH 2559 (18724): Water Worlds: The Anthropology of Water (Fall 23) Farmer 

ANTH 2589: Archaeology and the Politics of Sustainability (Fall 22) Alconini

ANTH 2590: The Culture of Rivers (J-term 21) Quasem 

ANTH 3240: The Anthropology of Food (Spring 2024) 

ANTH 3559 Living with Animals  (Fall 23) 

ANTH 3340: Ecology & Society: Introduction to the New Ecological Anthropology (Spring 22) Damon

BIOL 3020: Evolution and Ecology (Spring 24) Brodie, Cox, Timko 

BIOL 3450: Biodiversity and Conservation (Fall 23) Manson 

BIOL 4130: Population Ecology & Conservation Biology (Fall 23) Manson

BIOL 3180 Introduction to Plants and Society  (Spring 24) 

BIOL 4585 How Plant Biotechnology Can Save Our Planet (Spring 24) 

CE 3100: Water for the World (Spring 24) Smith 

CE 3220: Water Resources Engineering (Spring 24) Band 

CE 4040: Sustainability & Systems in the Built Environment (Spring 24) Klotz

COLA 1500: Food and Culture (Fall 21) 

ENGL 3540: Plants and Empire  (Spring 24) 

ETP 2559: UVA in Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands: Evolution, Ecology, and Ethics (VCH) (JTerm 23) 

ENWR 3500 Environmental Justice Writing  (Spring 24) 

ENWR 1520 Writing about Food Justice 

ETP 3500 (and AAS 3500) Restoring Our Relationship with Nature  (Fall 23) 

EVSC 2200: Plants, People and Culture 

EVSC 2559: Narratives of Environmental Justice  (Spring 24) 

EVSC 2220: Conservation Ecology: Biodiversity and Beyond (Fall 23) Lerdau 

EVSC 2559 (19889): AgroEcology (Spring 23) Lerdau 

EVSC 3200: Fundamentals of Ecology (Spring 24) Lerdau 

EVSC 4250: Ecosystem Ecology (Fall 22) Pace

EVSC 4640: Water Resources in a Changing World (Spring 24) Band 

EVSC 4991: The Theory & Practice of Biodiversity Conservation (Spring 24) Castorani, Doney, Epstein

EVSC 2559 (19158): Environmental and Climate Justice (Fall 23) Nyelele

EVSC 4066: Changing Global Carbon Cycle (Fall 21) Doney

EVSC 4100/BIO 4100: Management of Forest Ecosystems (Fall 20) Shugart 

EVSC 4140: Global Coastal Change (Spring 22) McGlathery EVSC 4650/PLAN 5816: Water Sustainability (Spring 22) Richter 

ECON 4430 Environmental Economics  (Spring 24) 

EVSC 2559: Narratives of Environmental Justice  (Spring 24) 

EVSC 4270: Soil Science 

EVSC 1080: Resources and the Environment

GSGS 2211: Environment, Health, and Development in Africa (J-term 22) LaFleur

GSGS 3530: Urban Transformations: Exploring Sustainability Past and Present in India (PPS) (JTerm 23) 

GSVS 3110: Sustainable Communities (Summer 23) Farmer (ARCH 3500 in Summer 22 Crisman)

GSVS 4559: UVA in Vietnam: Hanoi’s Hong River: Development, Climate & Rights to the City (Su 24) Phillips/Ngo 

GSVS 4559 (19645): Multispecies Migration: Eastern Shore Stories (Spring 21) Glassie 

GSVS 4810/LPPS 5550: UVA J-term in Vietnam: An Ecological-Economic Exploration (J-term 24) Phillips/Ngo 

HIST 2152 Climate History (Fall 23) 

KINE 3400 Nutrition 

LPPP 3500-001 (10163): Impact Investing in Action: Appalachia (J-term 24) Randolph

PHIL 2500 (16331): Environmental Ethics (Fall 20) Brewer

PHIL 2652 Animal Minds and Animal Ethics (Fall 23) 

PLAP 3160: Politics of Food  (JTerm 23) (Spring 24) Freedman

PLAC 5500-002 (19646): Plant Cultures and Ecologies (Spring 24) Jafari 

PLAC 5500 (18748): Applied Biophilic Cities (Fall 20) Beatley

PLAC 5800/LAR 5290: Green Infrastructure: Cities (Fall 23) Firehock 

PLAC 5860/LAR 5280: Green Infrastructure: Sites (Spring 24) Firehock 

PLAC 5863: Climate Adaptation Planning (Fall 22) Wilson

PLAN 3860: Cities and Nature (Spring 24) Beatley 

PLAN 5500: Virginia Food System Leadership Institute (Summer 21) Cobb

PLAN 3870: Environment and the Economy (Fall 21) Moomaw

PLAN 5500 (10256): Biophilic Cities Research Seminar (Fall 22) Beatley 

PLAN 5500-001 (14386): Planning for Coastal Resilience (Spring 24) Beatley

PLAN 3810: Climate Justice in Cities (Spring 24) Wilson 

PLCP 4500 (17781): The Politics of Climate Change (Fall 22) Shen

PLCP 4500 (19766): Environmental Politics in China (Spring 21) Shen (PLCP 3500 (18996) in S20)

RELG 2559 (19203): Sacred Landscapes: Religion, Ecology, Politics (Spring 21) Kreider RELG 3820: Global Ethics & Climate Change (Fall 21) Jenkins

RELG 3416: Sustainability & Asceticism (Spring 23) Allen 

RELG 5870 Climate Law and Climate Ethics (By permission only) (Fall 23) 

RELH 3105: Hinduism and Ecology (Fall 22) Allen

SPAN 4520 Environmental Health and Culture in the Caribbean (Fall 23)