Food and Environmental Systems
The Minor in Food and Environmental Systems is designed primarily for students who are enrolled in the Agricultural Communications Major which is jointly administered by the College of ACES and the College of Media. The eighteen hours of coursework in this minor provide a significant background in consumer sciences, agricultural management and production, and environmental and natural resources to support the study and practice of Agricultural Communications. Selection of additional courses beyond the core will depend on the student’s major and interests.
Enrollment in ACES 101: Contemporary Issues in ACES, FSHN 101: Intro to Food Science & Nutrition, and NRES 100: Fundamentals of Env Sci, four hours from selected 100- and 200-level courses, and six hours of 300-and 400-level courses as listed below is required for all students completing this minor. Courses in the minor cannot be taken Credit/No Credit.
This minor is administratively based in ACES Academic Programs. Student advising will take place in this unit.
Required Courses for the Food and Environmental Systems Minor
| Hours | Course |
|---|---|
2 |
ACES 101 – Contemporary Issues in ACES |
| 3 | FSHN 101 – Intro to Food Science & Nutrition |
| 3 | NRES 100 – Fundamentals of Env Sci |
| 4 | Minimum of four hours selected from the following list: |
| ANSC 100 – Intro to Animal Sciences | |
| ANSC 103 – Working with Farm Animals | |
| ANSC 109 – Meat Pricing and Preparation | |
| ANSC 110 – Life with Animals and Biotech | |
| ACE 100 – Agr Cons and Resource Econ | |
| ACE 210 – Environmental Economics | |
| ACE 222 – Agricultural Marketing | |
| ACE 231 – Food and Agribusiness Mgt | |
| ACE 232 – Management of Farm Enterprises | |
| ACE 251 – The World Food Economy | |
| CPSC 111 – Farming Systems | |
| CPSC 112 – Introduction to Crop Sciences | |
| CPSC 116 – The Global Food Production Web | |
| CPSC 226 – Introduction to Weed Science | |
| FSHN 120 – Contemporary Nutrition | |
| NRES 104 – Intro to Env Social Science | |
| NRES 109 – Global Environmental Systems | |
| NRES 161 – Global Environmental Change | |
| NRES 201 – Introductory Soils | |
| TSM 100 – Technical Systems in Agr | |
| 6 | Minimum of six hours selected from the following list: |
| ACE 306 – Food Law | |
| ACE 310 – Natural Resource Economics | |
| ACE 332 – Farm Management | |
| ACE 346 – Tax Policy and Finan Planning | |
| ACE 403 – Agricultural Law | |
| ACE 406 – Environmental Law | |
| ACE 411 – Environmental Development | |
| ACE 430 – Food Marketing | |
| ACE 431 – Agri-food Strategic Management | |
| ACE 435 – Global Agribusiness Management | |
| ACE 436 – Intl Business Immersion | |
| ACE 451 – Agriculture in Intl Dev | |
| ACE 456 – Agr and Food Policies | |
| ANSC 305 – Human Animal Interactions | |
| ANSC 306 – Equine Science | |
| ANSC 321 – Animal Nutrition | |
| ANSC 325 – Principles of Animal Nutrition | |
| ANSC 331– Biology of Reproduction | |
| ANSC 363 – Behavior of Domestic Animals | |
| ANSC 400 – Dairy Herd Management | |
| ANSC 401 – Beef Production | |
| ANSC 402 – Sheep Production | |
| ANSC 403 – Pork Production | |
| ANSC 404 – Poultry Science | |
| ANSC 405 – Advanced Dairy Management | |
| ANSC 406 – Zoo Animal Conservation Sci | |
| ANSC 422 – Companion Animal Nutrition | |
| ANSC 423 – Advanced Dairy Nutrition | |
| ANSC 431 – Advanced Reproductive Biology | |
| CPSC 407 – Diseases of Field Crops | |
| CPSC 418 – Crop Growth and Management | |
| CPSC 431 – Plants and Global Change | |
| FSHN 322 – Nutrition and the Life Cycle | |
| FSHN 329 – Communication in Nutrition | |
| FSHN 332 – Science of Food Systems | |
| FSHN 340 – Food Production and Service | |
| FSHN 420 – Nutritional Aspects of Disease | |
| FSHN 425 – Food Marketing | |
| FSHN 428 – Community Nutrition | |
| NRES 330 – Environmental Communications | |
| NRES 348 – Fish and Wildlife Ecology | |
| NRES 392 – Ecology of Urban Wildlife | |
| NRES 409 – Fishery Ecol and Conservation | |
| NRES 419 – Env and Plant Ecosystems | |
| NRES 420 – Restoration Ecology | |
| NRES 430 – Comm in Env Social Movements | |
| NRES 431 – Plants and Global Change | |
| NRES 474 – Soil and Water Conservation | |
| NRES 488 – Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | |
| 18 | Total hours |