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ALS-3404: Ecological Agriculture: Theory and Practice

Description: Presents an overview of historic and modern agricultural practices. Surveys the principles of ecology in the context of managed ecosystems, civic agriculture, and food systems. Explores ecologically based practices and their use in holistic and integrated agricultural systems.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ALS-4214, HORT-4835

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.41 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 35.75%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.64%

Megan E O'rourke201763.0%31.6%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.544
Jacob Barney201383.3%8.3%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.431
Steven C Hodges201173.3%26.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.662
Christopher Mccullough202058.6%25.5%9.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%3.322
Parry M Kietzman202373.9%13.0%8.6%0.0%4.3%0.0%3.421
Benjamin F Tracy202233.2%39.1%17.9%3.9%2.0%3.8%3.002

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