The interdisciplinary Minor in Hunger Studies at the University of Rhode Island is intended to prepare students for leadership roles in understanding and eradicating hunger, and in facilitating students and other URI community members to be life-long advocates for hunger cessation.  

To declare this minor, the student must have approval of a program advisor and his or her academic advisor.  For more information on the Hunger Studies minor, please contact Kathleen Gorman (kgorman@uri.edu).

 Requirements include 18 credits (at least twelve credits at the 200 level or above), nine of which will be core courses including 3 credits of internship, a 3 credit-capstone course which will include 1 credit for portfolio development.  Nine credits will be from the elective categories.  No course may be used for both the major and minor fields of study. Courses in general education may be used for the minor.


Core Courses-9 credits required

  • HSS 130 Introduction to Hunger Studies (3 credits)

  • HDF 434 - Capstone (3 credits) which must include 1 credit for a portfolio

  • Internship (3 credits);

  • Optional URI 101 with a focus on hunger/social justice(1 credit)

Electives - The remaining 9 credits can be taken from a number of pre-approved electives including:

  • CPL 210    Introduction to Planning & Community

  • CPL 300/NRS 300  Introduction to Global Issues in Sustainable Development

  • NFS 276    Food, Nutrition, and People

  • NFS 394    Nutrition in the Life Cycle I

  • NFS 395    Nutrition in the Life Cycle II

  • HDF 357    Family and Community Health

  • HDF 498    Leadership for Activism and Social Change

  • PHL 217    Social Philosophy

  • PLS 205    Population, Environment, and Plant Biology

  • PSC 221    State and Local Government

  • PSC 420    Non Violence and Change in the Nuclear Age

  • PSC 485    The Politics of Children's Rights