Global Food Systems: Society, Ecology, Sustainability

3 credits

Evaluating food system sustainability issues, including management and technology alternatives, through the lenses of (1) systems-analytic (i.e. life cycle) thinking and tools; and (2) sustainable scale (relative to ecological carrying capacity), distributive justice, and efficient allocation. Credit will be granted for only one of BIOL_O 424 or MGMT_O 470. [3-0-0] Restricted to students in the Minor in Management. Third-year standing. Equivalency: BIOL_O 424.