Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems B.S.
Food and Society Option
Students in this option will specialize in the social, political, economic, and marketing aspects of food production.
Requirements
120 credits are required to graduate, including:
A common introductory core sequence including:
- AFS/AVS/PLS 132G: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, and Society
- COM/SUS 108G: Spaceship Earth: Communication and Sustainability
- EEC 105: Intro to Resource Economics
- HSS/PSY 130G: The Problem of Hunger in the U.S.
- NFS 210: Applied General Nutrition
- BIO 101/103: Principles of Biology I/Lab
- BIO 102/104: Principles of Biology II/Lab
- CHM 101/102: General Chemistry Lecture I/Lab or CHM 103/105: Intro to Chemistry/Lab
- APG/SOC/GWS 308: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Cultures
Two courses on the cultural aspects of food, chosen from:
- APG 203: Cultural Anthropology
- APG/SOC 329: Contemporary Mexican Society
- APG/SOC 415: Migration in the Americas
- and other relevant courses in APG, GWS, SOC
Two courses on policy, chosen from:
- MAF 100: Human Use and Management of the Marine Environment
- APG/MAF 413: Peoples of the Sea
- MAF 330: World Fishing
- and other relevant courses in APG, MAF
Two courses on economics, chosen from:
- EEC 205: Environmental Economics and Policy
- EEC 310: Economics of Natural Resource Management and Policy
- EEC 325: Planning and Managing a Small Natural Resources Firm
- EEC 355: The Economics of Climate Change
- EEC 440: Benefit-Cost Analysis
Two courses from each of the two other options (Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrition and Food).
A robust capstone experience in which students will master the ability to address the complex challenges in the area of sustainable agriculture and food systems through experiential learning in interdisciplinary teams. Students are required to take a total of 13 credits, including 4 credits of internship or special project and an additional 9 credits in courses to choose from NRS 300, PLS 320, PLS 385, AVS/NFS 404, or SAF 400G.