| Week | Class | Lecture # | Topic | Text Readings | Assignment Due |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | Introduction to Culture | Chapter 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | Introduction to Culture | |||
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Cultural Definition of Food | ||
| 4 | 4 | Socioeconomic Factors | |||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Traditional Health Beliefs & Practices | Chapter 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | Religions - Western & Eastern | Chapter 4 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Test #1 - week of September 21 | Chp 1,2 | Be a Story Teller | |
| 8 | 7 | Religions - Western (Judaism) | |||
| 5 | 9 | 8 | Religions - African | ||
| 10 | 9 | Africans | Chapter 8 | ||
| 6 | 11 | 10 | Southern US Africans | ||
| 12 | 11 | Middle Easterners | Chapter 13 | ||
| 7 | 13 | WebCT | Visit the Middle Kingdom | Chapter 11 | |
| 14 | 12 | Asians - Chinese | |||
| 8 | 15 | 13 | Asians - Japanese & Korean | Chapter 11 | |
| 16 | 14 | Asians - Indian | Chapter 14 | ||
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17 | Test #2 - week of October 26 | Chp 4,8,13 | Be a Food Adventurer | |
| 18 | 15 | Native Americans - Overview/NE/Southern | Chapter 5 | ||
| 10 | 19 | 16 | Native Americans - Plains/SW/Alaska | ||
| 16 | Native Americans - Plains/SW/Alaska | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 17 | Native Americans - Nanticoke Indians of DE | Be a Food Sleuth | |
| 12 | 21 | 18 | Latinos- Mexicans | Chapter 9 | |
| 22 | 19 | Latinos - Central Americans | |||
| 13 | 24 | 20 | Latinos - South Americans (Ecuador) | Chapter 10 | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |||||
| 14 | 25 | Test #3 - week of December 1 | Chp 5,11,14 | Be an Interviewer | |
| 26 | 21 | Latinos - Caribbean Islanders | |||
| 15 | 27 | 22 | Multicultural Food Habits: a summary | ||
| Final Exam (take home) |
postmarked on or before Dec 15, 2008
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