ENVR 3150 — Food Security and Sustainability

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath NDNUpath WIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FBostonOakland, CATraditional

Discusses the science of sustainable agriculture, fisheries, and aquaculture. Examines the issues related to nutrition and hunger, food safety, and food production in the face of a changing climate with a scientific lens. Using the FAO Global Food Security and Strategy document and other peer-reviewed literature, compares the food issues in the United States with those in the developing world, including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Explores the many issues related to food production and environmental sustainability—including fertilizer use, GMOs, and pollution—and local examples of sustainable food production. Discusses the ways in which we can potentially remedy many of the issues involved in providing food for more than 7 billion people worldwide.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20232445481%5.0
Spring 20241384095%2.0
Summer A 20241242596%1.0
Fall 202413939100%0.0
Spring 20251414493%3.0
Summer A 2025162524%19.0
Fall 20251324374%11.0
Spring 20261184243%24.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 12% · T 76% · W 36% · Th 14% · F 86%

Common patterns: TF (62% of sections), WF (24% of sections), MTWR (12% of sections), TR (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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