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International Food Culture and Cuisine


Course Description

Exploration of multiple world cultures using food, language, religion, geography, communication, and politics, among other attributes, and compare/contrast with our own diverse cultures here in the United States.


Athena Title

Intl Food Culture and Cuisine


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course, students will be able to illustrate the role of intercultural communication.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to compare and contrast the foods and world cultural relationship of other ethnic groups.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to recognize the similar and diverse ways in which international food customs and traditions differ among the groups in the United States and globally.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to critique the relationship of food customs to food safety, government regulations, and religious restrictions.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to identify through self-examination of individual cultural uniqueness.

Topical Outline

  • Introduction to Food and Culture
  • Traditional Health Beliefs
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Food and Religion
  • Native American Culture and Cuisine
  • Regional American Cuisine
  • Cuisine Around the World

Syllabus