for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Sustainability in Food & Environmental Systems

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Students pursuing a degree in the Sustainability in Food and Environmental Systems (SFES) program will analyze, investigate, and propose solutions for issues of sustainability, security, and justice within food and environmental systems. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will examine the science and practice of food production systems, evaluate policies and laws associated with food security across urban, environmental, economic, social, and health contexts, and analyze the ways resources and influence impact food production and environmental sustainability.

Students in this program can customize their experience by delving deeper into a specialization area of interest, including (but not limited to): policy and law, climate change and society, food production systems, or resources and influence. Within each of these specialization areas, students will examine behaviors and decision-making practices of people, communities, and the economy. Graduates of this program will be prepared for jobs that require skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, scientific literacy, communication, and leadership.

for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Sustainability in Food & Environmental Systems

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A minimum of 126 credit hours are required for graduation, including General Education Requirements and the SFES Core Curriculum.

Prescribed Courses including Campus General Education

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Composition I and Speech		7
RHET 105	Writing and Research
CMN 101	Public Speaking
Advanced Composition		3
ETMA 311, ANSC 205, LEAD 230, or PLPA 200 can fulfill
Cultural Studies		9
Cultural Studies (Select one course from each cultural studies category from campus approved list)
U.S. Minority: ACE 255, LEAD 340, and NRES 224 can fulfill
Non-Western: ABE 152, ABE 232, ACE 251, CPSC 131, or HDFS 220 can fulfill
Western: NRES 287 can fulfill
Humanities & the Arts		6
ANSC 255 and ETMA 311 can fulfill
(or select from campus approved list)
Natural Science and Technology		6
Physical Sciences: ABE 152, FSHN 101 or NRES 100 can fulfill
Life Sciences: ACES 102, ANSC 110, FSHN 120, PLPA 200, or NRES 105 can fulfill
(or select from campus approved list)
Quantitative Reasoning I		3-6
Complete one QR1 and one QR2 course, or two QR1 courses
ACE 262, CPSC 241, or STAT 100 can fulfill
(or select from campus approved list)
Quantitative Reasoning II		0-3
Complete one QR1 and one QR2 course, or two QR1 courses
CPSC 444, HDFS 330, or NRES 105 can fulfill
(or select from campus approved list)
Social & Behavioral Sciences		6
ACE 100, ACE 210, ACE 251, ACE 255, ANSC 305, HDFS 220, LEAD 260, NRES 210, NRES 224, or NRES 287 can fulfill
(or select from campus approved list)
Language Other Than English
Course at or above the third level is required
(Specifics of the language requirements are listed in the Course Explorer)
ACES Prescribed		2
ACES 101	Contemporary Issues in ACES

Core Curriculum

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
SFES Required		19-20
ACES 102	Intro Sustainable Food Systems	3
ACE 100	Introduction to Applied Microeconomics	4
FSHN 101	The Science of Food and How it Relates to You	3
or FSHN 120	Contemporary Nutrition
HORT 100	Introduction to Horticulture	3
or CPSC 112	Introduction to Crop Sciences
NRES 100	Fundamentals of Env Sci	3
or NRES 102	Introduction to NRES
ACE 255	Economics of Food and Environmental Justice	3
ACES 199	Undergraduate Open Seminar	3
Specializations		30
Students are encouraged to complete a minimum of 30 hours of coursework within one or more of the specializations. Students are not required to select a specialization; rather, students have flexibility to customize their experience by choosing courses within or across specializations to best meet their personal interests and career needs.
Policy and Law
ACE 203	Introduction to Public Policy and Law	3
ACE 306	Food Law	3
ACE 403	Agricultural Law	3 to 4
ACE 406	Environmental Law	3 or 4
NRES 325	Natural Resource Policy Mgmt	3
NRES 424		4
Climate Change and Society
ABE 232	Context in International Interventions	3
ACE 210	Environmental Economics	3
CPSC 431	Plants and Global Change	3
HDFS 220	Families in Global Perspective	3
LEAD 340	Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges	3
NRES 105	Climate Change Impacts on Ecological Systems	3
NRES 224	Social Justice and Environment	3
NRES 287	Environment and Society	3
Food Production Systems
ABE 152	Water in the Global Environment	3
ANSC 100	Intro to Animal Sciences	4
ANSC 101	Contemporary Animal Issues	3
ANSC 110	Life With Animals and Biotech	3
ANSC 205	World Animal Resources	3
ANSC 251	Epidemics and Infectious Diseases	3
ANSC 255	Animal Ethics	3
ANSC 305	Human Animal Interactions	3
CPSC 116	The Global Food Production Web	3
CPSC 416	Native Plants, Pollinators, & Food Ecosystems	3
ETMA 430	Project Management	2
FSHN 175	Science of Fermented Foods	3
FSHN 231	Food Systems: Cacao & Chocolate	2
FSHN 232	Science of Food Preparation	3
FSHN 465	Principles of Food Technology	3
HORT 205	Local Food Systems	3
HORT 435	Urban Food Production	3
PLPA 200	Plants, Pathogens, and People	3
Resources and Influence
ACE 251	The World Food Economy	3
ACE 310	Natural Resource Economics	3
ACE 335	Food Marketing and Behavior	3
ACE 476	Behavioral Economics and Financial Decision Making	3 or 4
AGCM 330	Environmental Communications	3
ETMA 311	Humanity in the Food Web	3
FSHN 193	Edible Entrepreneurialism - Feeding Ideas for the Future	3
FSHN 320	Food Security: Service Learning in the Community	3
FSHN 425	Food Marketing	3
HDFS 330	Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life	3
NRES 472	Environmental Psychology	4
Advanced Level Course Requirements		40
Minimum of 40 hours of advanced credit (300- and 400-level) required.
Total Hours (required for degree completion)		126

for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Sustainability in Food & Environmental Systems

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Students in this program will:
1. Examine the purposes, functions, and operations of food production systems across local, national, and global societies.
2. Investigate policies and laws of food security, sustainability, and justice.
3. Describe the impacts of resources and influence on food and environmental sustainability, and design creative solutions for these critical real-world issues.
4. Apply theories of communication and leadership within a team to analyze problems, collaborate with team members, prioritize and delegate tasks, establish objectives, and propose a solution for an identified challenge related to sustainability in food and environmental systems.
5. Analyze the scientific, social, political, and economic impacts of climate change within and across diverse cultural perspectives and identities.

The interdisciplinary nature of this degree, in combination with the variety of focus areas by which students can pursue to customize their experience, enables students to strive toward and attain the program’s learning objectives throughout their academic experience. The SFES required core curriculum courses are pre-requisites for many of the 300- and 400-level courses within the specialization areas of Policy and Law, Climate Change and Society, Food Production Systems, and Resource and Influence. Formative and summative assessments, designed by academic experts within each specialization path across ACES (e.g., ABE, ACE, ALEC, ANSC, CPSC, ETMA, FSHN, HDFS, HORT, NRES) will ensure students achieve the intended objectives. To further assess student achievement for the program, each graduate will be asked to complete an exit survey. The results of the survey will evaluate students’ cognitive, affective, and behavioral aptitudes toward the learning objectives and the intent of the degree program.

Sustainability in Food and Environmental Systems, B.S.
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