AGROECOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Agroecology has blossomed across the world in recent decades as not only a science, but also a practice, and a movement. Employ the multiple disciplines and perspectives that Agroecology affords to analyze our agricultural and food systems within a broader context of dynamic social and ecological relationships.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain and analyze basic biophysical processes of agricultural ecosystems and the challenges and benefits of various management systems Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interrogate social, economic, and political structures underlying agriculture at local, regional, national, and global scales Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how they personally connect to local to global agricultural landscape as humans, ecological actors, food and fuel consumers, and thoughtful citizens Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain and analyze basic biophysical processes of agricultural ecosystems and the challenges and benefits of various management systems Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interrogate social, economic, and political structures underlying agriculture at local, regional, national, and global scales Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how they personally connect to local to global agricultural landscape as humans, ecological actors, food and fuel consumers, and thoughtful citizens Audience: Undergraduate
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- AGROECOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE · 3 credits.