ENVI 422
Ecology of Sustainable Agriculture Spring 2013
Division III
Cross-listed BIOL 422
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A seminar / field course investigating patterns, processes, and concepts of stability in human-dominated, food production ecosystems. As a capstone course, the course will draw upon the experiences that students have had in biology and environmental studies courses. Topics will include: the relationships among diversity, ecosystem function, sustainability, resilience, and stability of food production and distribution systems, nutrient pools and processing in human-dominated ecosystems. Several field trips will be taken to agricultural operations in the region. Each student will present a seminar on a topic requiring extensive reading of primary resources. Position paper assignments will be made at bi-weekly intervals and due prior to the seminar to which they relate, and periodic synthesis paper assignments will tie together various topic elements.
The Class: Format: seminar, three hours per week
Limit: 16
Expected: 16
Class#: 3161
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based on writing assignments, seminar presentation, and course participation
Prerequisites: Biology 203 or Biology 302 or Environmental Studies 203 or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: open to juniors and seniors
Unit Notes: satisfies the distribution requirement in the Biology major; the ENVS biology track; the Natural World distributional requirement of the Environmental Studies program
Distributions: Division III
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENVI 422 Division III BIOL 422 Division III
Attributes: ENVI Natural World Electives
ENVS Environmental Biology Upper Level Electives

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