Food Studies

New York University

United States of America, New York City

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New York University

United States of America , New York City

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines2-Sep-2022 February-2022

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Duration 12 month(s)

Tuition Fee

USD 21,540 / year

Apply Date February-2022

Next Intake 2-Sep-2022

Food Studies

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Overview Our mission is to teach you how to examine the ways in which individuals, communities, and societies produce, distribute, and consume food. Given the University’s dynamic New York City location, your investigations of these topics will focus on cities as the center of flows of people, produce, and media products.Students in the Food Studies MA at New York University develop a range of skills, including:How to apply an interdisciplinary approach to understand the cultural, political, and economic aspects of the food systemHow to discuss with fluency issues related to food sovereignty, sustainability, ethics, and cultureHow to assess policies that shape the food landscape, addressing questions of equity and preserving cultural valuesCareers and OutcomesGraduates of the Food Studies MA find jobs in all areas within the food industry:Publishing (magazines, newspapers, online sources)Public relations (restaurants, food lobby groups, cookbooks, food organizations)Marketing (for restaurants, celebrity chefs, cookbooks, organizations)Nonprofit work (education, food/hunger advocacy groups)Food operations (wine importers/distributors, restaurants, retail)Local and national governmental (city government, federal government, food regulations, relations between industry and government)NGO work in advocacy and policy (farming, labor, food scarcity, trade)Development organizations (community building, national programs, international trade and aid organizations)Food production companies (producers and manufacturers of food items)Food distribution companies (importation, transportation, and retail) I want to find another Master Course

As the first master’s degree in the US devoted to food scholarship, the Food Studies MA from New York University combines approaches from the humanities and social sciences to prepare you to analyze cultural, political, economic, environmental, and geographic approaches to food within local, urban, and global contexts.