Food Studies Open House and Film Festival Showing

University of the Pacific is hosting an Open House on Saturday, April 18 at 5 p.m. for the first Food Studies master's degree program on the West Coast. It is a course of study designed for working professionals with a career or personal interest in food and the ways that people have grown, prepared and profited from it through history and across cultures. The event will start with an opportunity to meet the faculty and tour the facility, then continue at 7 p.m. with the showing of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival featuring five short films focusing on food and agriculture. Pacific’s Food Studies Open House will be held at its new state-of-the-art campus in San Francisco, one of the world's premier food cities. RSVP to [email protected].

The multidisciplinary program will prepare students for success in food-related professions, from food writing to food history, policymaking, marketing and management. Students will be able to earn a Master of Arts degree in Food Studies during the evening, with some online options. A certificate degree and continuing education units also will be offered. The program will be directed by renowned food historian Ken Albala, professor of history at Pacific and the author or editor of 22 scholarly and popular books on food. For more information about the program, visit https://www.pacific.edu/sf/foodstudies.