ENV 550PG Agroecology

Prerequisites: ENV 501, ENV 502, ENV 526G, ENV 526H, ENV 526I or Permission of Instructor

This course is available as an elective for the GIS-ENV certificate.  It is the student's responsibility to inform the instructor that this course will count toward the GIS-ENV certificate by the drop/add deadline each semester, so that GIS-focused assessments can be completed.  Once a student declares the GIS option, the course cannot revert to the non-GIS version.

This course will examine both the historical evolution of farming as well as the movement toward agroecology as a means of more sustainably producing products.  Students will explore current topics in agroecological research through review and discussion of peer-reviewed journal articles and will apply information to a capstone project that synthesizes agroecological principles into the design of a food or animal production system.