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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: 6

Average GPA: 3.28 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 29.11%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.28%

Huijie Gan202472.2%27.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.621
Parry M Kietzman202373.9%13.0%8.6%0.0%4.3%0.0%3.421
Christopher Mccullough202058.6%25.5%9.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%3.322
Benjamin F Tracy202233.2%39.1%17.9%3.9%2.0%3.8%3.002

Grade Distribution Over Time

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