Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Autumn Quarter 2009
• Winter Quarter 2010

Erica T Cline
TESC 236
Tacoma Campus

Plants and People: the Science of Agriculture

Explores the benefits and costs of technological advances in global food production. Topics include the origins of agriculture, plant and insect ecology, integrated pest management, genetic engineering, and environmental risk assessment.

Class description

This course will have a new emphasis this time; I will add topics on the importance of soil conservation in agriculture, energy costs of industrial fertilizers, the biofuel movement, and local issues of forest sustainability.

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General method of instruction

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Class assignments and grading

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