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Course Info for FYSM - 184 - 01, Fall 2025
Class number: 3334 Title: The Art of Food (Writing) Department: First Year Sem & Colloq
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 13 Available seats: 2
Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 6:30PM-7:45PM, 115V - 106 Instructor(s): Wheatley, Chloe
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement
Course Description:
To write about food is to write about life. This course will consider various types of food writing from a variety of perspectives, ranging from food's cultural significance, and the rituals and artistry associated with culinary production, to issues of food justice. Field trips (to local farm, restaurants, soup kitchen) will help to contextualize and localize our readings, which will include plays, films, poems and short stories, as well as classics of culinary nonfiction (restaurant reviews, essays, memoirs, and investigative journalism).