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ALS-2204: Sustainable Food Systems

Description: Introduction to the economic, social, and ecological foundations of civic agriculture. Topics include industrialization, localized food systems, and citizen participation in civic agriculture. Emphasis will be given to a range of civic agriculture models, strategies, and hands-on approaches to establish, retain and strengthen community-based food and agriculture systems, locally- nationally-globally.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ALS-4214, ALS-4204

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.62 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 57.99%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.54%

Peter E Ziegler202069.0%20.3%7.8%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.492
Kimberly L Niewolny202381.9%13.7%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.1%3.733
Jones Lia Kelinsky202476.4%17.7%0.0%0.0%5.9%0.0%3.541

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W