CSS 1900
Sustainable Agriculture:
Food, Farming, and the
Future
Fall 2008
Instructors: Gary W. Fick E.J. Neafsey
gwf2@cornell.edu ejn9@cornell.edu
(607) 255-1704 (607) 253-7147
507 Bradfield Hall 1007 Bradfield Hall
Lectures:
Tuesday and Thursday,
10:10-11:00 a.m., 231
Labs and Discussions:
Monday or Tuesday,
Required
text:
Soil Science Simplified by Helmut Kohnke and D.P. Franzmeier, Waveland Press, 1995
Food Plants of the World by Ben-Erik van Wyk, Timber Press, 2005
Recommended
texts:
Sustainable Capitalism by John Ikerd, Kumarian Press, 2005
Food, Farming, and Faith by G.W. Fick, SUNY Press, 2008
The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, 2006
Credit and Grade Options:
This is a three-credit course with an S/U grade option for students who take the course as an elective.
Grading and Grade Options:
Each student in this course is expected to abide by the Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity. Any work submitted by a student in this course for academic credit will be the student’s own work, with the exception of pre-arranged team projects.
The course grade is calculated as follows: 35% for each of two prelim exams, 10% for homework and/or weekly quizzes, 10% for a written take-home final, and 10% from professor evaluation of participation, including discussion and questions asked by student.
The syllabus for the course and other details are available on Blackboard: http://blackboard.cornell.edu/. To use Blackboard, you must register there as a student or as a guest.
Last updated August 6, 2008.