Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 378 - Agroecology

An overview of the ecology related to agricultural production, emphasizing crop production. The course will introduce students to ecological principles related to agricultural ecosystems, and to the ways these principles work in modern industrialized agriculture, in traditional agricultural systems, and in alternative systems such as organic agriculture. Students will learn ways by which ecological principles to determine the sustainability of agroecosystems and used to make them more sustainable.

STOCKSCH 100 or 108, BIO 151 Students who do not meet the prerequisite may seek permission of the instructor to enroll.