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Program information for students in

Global Food Security

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY MAJOR

Are you a new student? Make sure you check this pageÌý Ìý Ìý

Are you aware of your program's structure, and the applicable rules? Find this information here

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Remember, your program requirements are those that were in effect when you started each component of your program. For example, you can be in the 2023-2024 version of your Major, and the 2024-2025 version of your Specialization. To see the term when you started a program component, look at your unofficial transcript on Minerva.

Find your program requirements,Ìýincluding complementary course lists, in the eCalendar:

2024-2025 version of the eCalendarÌýNote that this calendar will be updated in August, to its final version.ÌýPrevious versions of the eCalendar can be selected from the menu on the left.

Remember that if you click on individual coursesÌýin the tables below or in the eCalendar's program requirements, you can view pre-requisites and other restrictions. You can also search the eCalendar for courses.

Note the following course is offered only in alternate years:

Course Ìý offered next offered

NRSC 221 Environment and Health 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

 Complementary in the Major

Mac campus: odd-numbered Falls

Downtown campus: odd-numbered Winters

Mac campus: Fall 2025, Fall 2027

Downtown campus: Winter 2025, Winter 2027
AGRI 493 International Project Mgmt 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

 Required in the Major Odd-numbered winters Not offered in Winter 2025

Suggested course progression

I highly recommend you follow the recommendations below, to ensure that you make adequate progress in your degree and avoid potentially serious scheduling difficulties in the coming years. If you take courses outside the recommended order, you may run into pre-requisite issues. Also, schedules are made in order for students to be able to complete their program in 3 years assuming they completed all program pre-requisites before starting their Major, and they follow the recommendations below. Of course, not all students can follow these recommendations for a variety of reasons. If you need help planning your courses, please talk to me directly. Note that complementary and even elective courses are included below - these are options which are conflict-free by design, but of course you can choose others, as scheduling permits.

If you are missing Foundation Year-level courses, please discuss with me the best strategy to include these in your schedule.

Most students take five 3-credit courses per term (15 credits total), but some choose to take four courses (12 credits total). ÌýFor most students the overall program can be completed in three years if a full course load (i.e., 15 credits) is taken each term.Ìý If you take less than 5 courses per term it may be possible for you to "catch up" with summer courses, or you can take an extra semester or year. You are considered a full-time student if you register for at least 12 credits in a given term. Note that to be eligible for in-course scholarships from our Faculty, you must complete 27 graded credits in the school year.

The tables below are valid for the 2024-2025 school year. These tables represent blocks of courses that are conflict-free with each other.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1- The vast majority of courses in your program are offered once a year, and there is always only one scheduling option for the lecture. Thus the value of following the recommendations below, to avoid scheduling conflicts which will delay your graduation.

2- Do not use these tables as lists of program requirements! Program requirements must be accessed from the eCalendar (pay attention to the version of the program you are in, and make sure you look at the correct information on the eCalendar). For example, if an instructor who teaches a required course goes on sabbatic and the course is not offered in a given year, it will not appear in the tables, but it's still required. Similarly, alternate year courses (some of which are required in some programs) will not appear in the tables, in the years when they are not offered.

3- These blocks of courses are conflict-free by design, and exist to ensure it's possible for a "typical" student to complete the program in 3 years. You are free to take different complementary or elective courses than the ones listed below, scheduling permitting. Whether courses from different blocks are conflict-free with each other is up to chance. It's not because courses from different blocks were conflict-free with each other one year, that they will also be in any other year.

4- If the courses listed in a given term are insufficient in number, fill up your schedule with other complementary courses of your choice, or electives.Ìý

Legend for course types

(rM): required in the Major; (rEA): required in Eco. Ag.; (rIA): required in International Ag.; (cM): complementary in the Major; (cEA): complementary in Eco. Ag.; (cIA): complementary in International. Ag.;(e): elective

Fall 2024Ìýfor students in U1 Winter 2025Ìýfor students in U1
AEBI 210 Organisms 1 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM) †

AEMA 310 Statistical Methods 1 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM)

AGEC 200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM)
AGRI 340 Princ of Ecological Agricult 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rEA, cM)
AGRI 215 Agro-Ecosystems Field Course 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rEA, cM)

BREE 217 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cM)

ANSC 250 Principles of Animal Science 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM)ÌýÌýÌýÌý

Ìý
ENVB 210 The Biophysical Environment 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM)

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†Note that some or all of the labs in this course are restricted by program. You must choose a lab section that is open to students in your program, or that is not restricted, as visible in the course's detailed schedule on Minerva (Registration Menu, Step 2). If you choose a section that is not open to you, you will get a Major Restriction error.

Summer between U1 and U2:

AGRI 310 Internship in Agr./Environ. 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Ìý(cEA)

Fall 2024Ìýfor students in U2 Winter 2025Ìýfor students in U2

AGEC 333 Resource Economics 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cIA)
AGEC 442 Econ of Int'l Agric Dvlpmnt 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM, rIA)

NUTR 207 Nutrition and Health 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM)

AGRI 411 Global Issues on Dev, Food&Agr 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rIA, cM, cEA,)

NUTR 341 Global Food Security 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(rM)
ENVB 437 Assessing Environmental Impact 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cIA)
PLNT 300 Cropping Systems 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cM, cIA)		 Ìý

Summer between U2 and U3: AGRI 499 Agricultural Development Internship (cM, cIA)

Fall 2024Ìýfor students in U3 Winter 2025Ìýfor students in U3
FDSC 310 Post Harvest Fruit&Veg Technol 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cM)
AGEC 430 Agric, Food & Resource Policy 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cEA, cIA)
NUTR 501 Nutrition: the Majority World 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cM, cIA)
PARA 410 Environment and Infection 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cIA)
SOIL 315 Soil Nutrient Management 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cM)

PARA 515 Water, Health and Sanitation 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

(cIA)

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