Aquatic Foods in the Global Food System

3/5 credits

Examines how aquatic foods contribute to the global food system and how they impact the environment and human health and well-being. Emphasis on the comparative costs and benefits of aquatic foods to terrestrial foods, and assignments have students evaluating carbon footprint, water use, labor standards, nutrient content and other impacts across different foods. Prerequisite: either BIOL 359, BIOST 310, ENVIR 250, FISH 274, NUTR 290, QMETH 201, Q SCI 381, STAT 220, or STAT 311; recommended: experience working with data in either R programming language, Microsoft Excel, or equivalent. Offered: A.