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Twin Cities Campus
Food Systems MinorAgronomy & Plant Genetics
Applied Economics
Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
The Food Systems minor is for students who want to supplement their major program by developing the interdisciplinary knowledge and problem-solving skills needed to address complex challenges and opportunities in food systems. The focus is on designing and developing food systems that are sustainable in environmental, economic, and social terms.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Minor Core
Students must complete the following two courses:
FDSY 1016W - Growing Food & Building Community: Urban Agriculture in the Twin Cities
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
BBE 3201 - Sustainability of Food Systems: A Life Cycle Perspective
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Students must complete a minimum of 9 credits from the following list of courses:
Take 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
FDSY 2101 - Plant Production Systems
(3.0 cr)
·
FDSY 4101 - Holistic Approaches to Improving Food Systems Sustainability
(3.0 cr)
·
HORT 1001 - Plant Propagation
[BIOL]
(4.0 cr)
·
HORT 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People
(4.0 cr)
·
HORT 3131 - Student Organic Farm Planning, Growing, and Marketing
(3.0 cr)
·
HORT 4141W - Scheduling Crops for Protected Environments
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
APEC 3071 - Microeconomics of International Development
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3202 - An Introduction to the Food System: Analysis, Management and Design
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3411 - Commodity Marketing
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3451 - Food and Agricultural Sales
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3501 - Agribusiness Finance
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3551 - Concept Design and Value-Added Entrepreneurship in Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3811 - Principles of Farm Management
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 3841 - Agricultural and Consumer Cooperatives and Mutuals
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 4451W - Food Marketing Economics
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
FSCN 1011 - Science of Food and Cooking
[PHYS]
(4.0 cr)
·
FSCN 1102 - Food: Safety, Risks, and Technology
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
FSCN 2001 - A Food Systems Approach to Cooking for Health and the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
FSCN 2021 - Introductory Microbiology
(4.0 cr)
·
FSCN 3102 - Introduction to Food Science
(3.0 cr)
·
FSCN 3612 - Life Cycle Nutrition
(3.0 cr)
·
FSCN 4131 - Food Quality
(3.0 cr)
·
CFAN 2333 - Insects, Microbes, and Plants: Ecology of Pest Management
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 3017 - World Food Problems: Agronomics, Economics and Hunger
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
AGRO 3305 - Agroecosystems of the world
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | College level general biology course or Hort 1001 or # |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | HORT 3131 / HORT 5131 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hort 4141W/Hort 6141 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 3411/ApEc 5411 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 3501/Fina 3001/Fina 3001H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 3841/ApEc 5841 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4451W/ApEc 5451 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Prerequisites: | BIOL 1009, CHEM 1015 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Agro 4103/ApEc 4103/GCC 3017 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3108/ESPM 5108 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4461/Hort 4461 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ApEc 4461/Hort 4461 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |