Effective Fall 2015 Nutrition & Food Option College of the & Life Sciences (CELS) Departments: Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science and Plant Sciences & Entomology Contact: Marta Gomez-Chiarri, gomezchi@uri.edu, 401-874-2917. Option: Nutrition & Food Credits: 120 The Major: Options: Students completing this interdisciplinary program will graduate with the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to sustainable development, production, management, and utilization of terrestrial and aquatic microorganisms, plants and animals by society worldwide. Students will explore the food chain, from farm to plate to waste and back, emphasizing sustainability, impacts on human health, and resilience from economic, environmental, and societal viewpoints. There are 3 options in this program: Sustainable Agriculture, Nutrition & Food, and Food & Society. Students in the Nutrition and Food option will learn the basic principles of food science and nutrition as they relate to the sustainable production and use of food. Career Options: There is an emerging demand for knowledgeable workers in the area of food systems with awareness of the innovations in food policy and production that address the challenges of growing population and global change. By the time of degree completion students will be uniquely poised to enter the workforce in the growing field of sustainable food systems or pursue graduate education/research opportunities. Employment opportunities can be found in the agricultural, food, and nutrition industries (from farm to plate), as well as in environmental consulting companies and governmental agencies. Transfer out of UC: Must have completed at least 24 credits, minimum GPA of 2.00, and received permission from the UC major advisor.
PROGRAM: Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Student OPTION: Nutrition & Food Advisor SAFS Nutrition & Food Concentration Requirements (36 37) Intro. Prof. Courses (SAFS core) (20) Nutrition & Food Concentration (21) AVS 132(*S) (3) COM 108(*S,C) (4) HSS/PSY130(*S) (3) Capstone (13) SOC/APG/GWS308 (3) EEC 105(*S) (3) NFS 210(*N) (4) NFS 212 (*N) (3) NFS/MIC 245 (3) NFS 336 (4) NFS 337 (4) NFS 375 (3) NFS 376 (4) Core (6) NRS 300(*F,S) (3) AVS/NFS 504 (3) SAFS GPA (minimum 2.0 required) Internship and Experiential Learning (7) LAR 444 (4) and choose 1 from: APG/SOC329, SOC497, AFS391/392, AFS/AVS/PLS491/492, NFS491, AVS/PLS399, NFS451 (3) Interdisciplinary Component (12-14) Choose 4 core courses, 2 each from the other options in the program: Sustainable Agriculture ( ) ( ) Food & Society ( ) ( ) Basic Sciences (12) BIO 101(*N) (3), BIO 103 (1) BIO 102(*N) (3), BIO 104 (1) CHM 101 or 103 (3) CHM 102 or 105 (1) Supporting Electives (**18) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) General Education (37) Free Electives (**2 4) C: CW:WRT (3) and COM108(4) from concentration M: MTHXXX (3) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) N: (6) from Basic Sciences* S: (6) from Concentration* UR L, A, UF (15 total, no more than 6 from any category): NRS300 (3F) URI101 (1) from Capstone and (L), (A), **120 credits required (LorF), (AorF) Student Total *Courses fulfilling General Education Requirements. **Maximum of 9 credits total in Internship and Special Projects Advising Comments: For information regarding this major, contact the department at (401) 874-2917. REVISED 9/15
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Nutrition & Food Option (8-semester sequence) Freshman I (14) Freshman II (17) URI 101 - Traditions and Transformations: Freshmen Seminar AVS 132 - Agriculture, Food Policy & Society COM 108 - Spaceship Earth BIO 101/103 - Principles of Biology I HSS/PSY 130 The Problem of Hunger in the US BIO 102/104 - Principles of Biology II EEC 105 - Introduction to Resource Economics WRT or other General Education (Gen. Ed.) MTH 111 or 131 - Precalculus or Applied Gen. Ed. (S, A, L, F) Calculus Sophomore I (16-17) Sophomore II (15-16) NFS 210 Applied General Nutrition SOC/APG/ GWS 308 - Sustainable Agriculture and Food Cultures CHM 101/102 or 103/105: Chemistry 101 or Nutrition & Food Concentration (100 or above) Introductory Chemistry Nutrition & Food Concentration (100 level) Nutrition & Food Concentration (200 or above) (see list below) Junior I (15) Junior II (15-16) Nutrition & Food Concentration (200 or above) NRS 300 Introduction to Global Issues in Sustainable Development Internship or Experiential Learning course Gen Ed (S, A, L, F) Gen Ed (S, A, L, F) Senior I (15) Senior II (16) AVS/NFS 504 Food Systems, Sustainability and Health Nutrition & Food Concentration (200 or above) Gen Ed (S, A, L, F) (see list below) Nutrition & Food Concentration (200 or above) (see list below) (see list below) LAR 444 Landscape Architecture Studio III: Sustainable Design For information regarding this major, contact the department at (401) 874-2917. REVISED 9/15
2015 Sustainable Agriculture Option College of the & Life Sciences (CELS) Interdisciplinary AAF 300 The History, Component (Concentration courses, select 2 from each option) AAF 336Social Inequality From the Sustainable Ag Option AFS 102 Introduction to Aquaculture AFS 201/202 Finfish/Shellfish Aquaculture AFS 120 Introduction to Fisheries AFS 321World Fishing Methods AVS 101Introduction to Animal Science NRS 212 Intro to Soil Science AVS/PLS 275 Pasture and Grazing Management in Sustainable Ag PLS 150(*N) Plants, People and the Planet PLS 255 Horticultural Plant Science From the Food & Society Option MAF 100* Human Use and Management of the Marine APG/MAF 413 Pleoples of the Sea APG 203 Cultural Anthropology APG/SOC 329 Contemporary Mexican Society APG/SOC 415 Migration in the Americas EEC 205 Resource Management and Conservation EEC 310 Economics for al Resource Management and Policy EEC 350 Sustainable Energy Economics and Policy EEC 355 Economics of Climate Change The Supporting Electives (Note: This list does not include the core or concentration courses, which are included above; in bold: recommended courses) AAF 201 Introduction to Africana Studies AAF 240 Race and Ethnic Relations AAF 290African-American Women: Service, Community, and Self Politics, and Culture of Cape Verde AAF 390 Directed Study/Topics in Film Media Production AAF 410Issues in African Development AAF 415Dynamics of Social Change in the Caribbean AAF 466Urban Problems AAF 498Senior Seminar in African and Afro-American Studies AFS 190 Issues in Biotechnology AFS 210Introduction to the Marine AFS 321World Fishing Methods AFS 322Laboratory for World Fishing Methods AFS 362Crustacean Aquaculture AFS 415Fishery Science AFS 416Fishery Science Laboratory AFS 425Aquaculture and the AFS 481Shellfish Aquaculture Laboratory AFS 483Salmonid Aquaculture AFS 486Fish Physiology AFS 500Diseases of Aquatic Organisms AFS 531 Fisheries Stock Assessment AFS 584Advanced Aquaculture Systems APG 200 Language and Culture APG 302 Methods of Anthropological Inquiry APG 315 Cultures and Societies of Latin America APG 465 Seminar in Cultural Heritage APG 470 Problems in Anthropology AVS 332 Animal Diseases AVS 331 Anatomy and Physiology AVS 333 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory AVS 412 Animal Nutrition AVS 420 Animal Breeding and Genetics AVS 472Physiology of Reproduction AVS 473Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory BCH 211 Biochemical Aspects of Nutrition and Physiology BCH 311 ntroductory Biochemistry Effective Fall BCH 312 Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory BIO 311 Plant Structure & Development BIO 321 Plant Diversity BIO 323 Field Botany and Taxonomy BIO 346 Plant Physiology BIO 348 Plant Physiology Laboratory BIO 366 Vertebrate Biology BIO 441 al Physiology of Animals BPS 203 Herbal Medicines and Functional Food BUS 365 Marketing Principles BUS 460 Global Supply Chain Management CPL 202Introductory Urban Geography: Understanding Cities CPL 410Fundamentals of Community Planning Practice CPL 485al Planning CPL 498Community Planning Seminar CVE 374 al Engineering CVE 375 al Engineering Laboratory CVE 474 Water Quality Sampling And Analysis CVE 475 Water in the CVE 477 al Sustainability and Green Engineering EEC 440 Benefit-Cost Analysis EEC 441 Markets, Trade, and Natural Resources ENT 385Introductory Entomology ENT 387Economic Entomology ENT 411Pesticides and the GEO 305 Global Climate Change GEO 482 Innovative Subsurface Remediation Technologies GEO 483 Hydrogeology GWS 150 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies HIS 117 History of Medicine HIS 346 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in America ITL 315 Italian Cinema LAR 201 Survey of Landscape Architecture LAR 434 Introduction to al Law MAF 220 Introduction to Marine and Coastal Law MAF 330 World Fishing 4
2015 Sustainable Agriculture Option College of the & Life Sciences (CELS) MAF 523 Fisheries Law and Management MAF 582 Coastal Ecosystem Governance NFS 276* Food, Nutrition, and People NRS 411 Population and al Change NRS 412 Soil-Water Chemistry NRS 414 Climate Change Science and Policy NRS 426 Soil Microbiology NRS 450 Soil Conservation and Land Use NRS 461 Watershed Hydrology and Management NRS 471 Soil Morphology and Mapping PLS 200 Introduction to Plant Protection PLS 215 Propagation Of Plant Materials PLS 250 Plant Breeding and Genetics PLS 301 Nursery Crop Production and Management PLS 332 PSC 403 Plant Pathology Global Ecopolitics Effective Fall 5
2015 Sustainable Agriculture Option College of the & Life Sciences (CELS) Effective Fall 6