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Dibs Fall 2026

ELTS M25

Global Food Studies: Ecocultural Sustainability and Diversity

(Same as Food Studies M25.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Food is culture--and has been a global force since the first formation of human societies. The intercontinental movement of tomatoes, sugarcane, rice, tobacco, and spices has directly influenced populations, economies, empires, and ecologies; while food today shapes our local and transnational experiences of nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, race, labor, and natural ecosystems. Interdisciplinary exploration of how people use food to imagine themselves as individuals and/or as part of a group as well as a wider globally-interconnected ecosystem. Identification of the importance of food in different eras and cultures by exploring the way nationality, race, gender, socioeconomic status, etc. influence global food choices or practices. Examination also of how a diverse range of cultures are maintained or transformed through food. Through the examination of scholarly research and global culinary traditions, exploration of the complex relationship that societies, nations, and ecosystems have with food. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.86
n = 27 · 1 term · ± 0.087
A range
93%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
10%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.0%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Waitlist
30 of 30
100% full
 fills MW 2:00pm-3:15pm Nathan, V.
3.90n=27 · this instructor

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 3025S
Enrolment by term: 25S 30
Peak 30 Most recent 30 in 25S 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 6 · 20.0%
  • A 16 · 53.3%
  • A- 3 · 10.0%
  • B+ 2 · 6.7%
  • P 3 · 10.0%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
NATHAN, VETRI 3.90 3.91 27 1 93%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term