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GEOG 342 - Food, Place, and Culture

GEOG 342: Food, Place, and Culture (3 units) at San Diego State University. 1 section offered in Spring 2027, with meeting times, instructors, and seat counts. Prerequisites: GEOG 101 or GEOG 102. Junior or Senior Standing. Counts toward General Education (2026-27), General Education (2024-25).

3 units
  • Social and Behavioral Science
  • Area 4. Social and Behavioral Science
  • Core
  • Note
  • Requirements for Specialization
  • Electives
  • Nine Additional Units Selected From
  • Field A, Human-Nature Interface
  • Urban Cultures and Societies
  • Six Units from
  • Nine Units Selected from
  • Social and Behavioral Science
Offered: Summer 2027 (not offered), Spring 2027 (offered), Fall 2026 (unknown)

Counts toward

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Significance of food in the human experience, its role in sustaining cultures, making places, organizing societies, and supporting economies and livelihoods. Relationships between food and culture at the global, local, and body scales.
Prerequisites
GEOG 101 or GEOG 102. Junior or Senior Standing.
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From the catalog

Who can take it
Not open to students with credit in GEOG 340. Junior or Senior Standing.
Counts as
GE Explorations Social and Behavioral Science [UD 4]
Grading
LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC
Repeatable
Maximum 3 units.

1 section in Spring 2027

Class #5778· In-person · Open · Letter or CR/NC
52 of 52 seats open
Mon 4:00 PM-6:40 PM · NE 271

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