Sustainable Agriculture Undergraduate Major

Overview: UC Davis faculty and students are currently working to create an innovative major in sustainable agriculture that integrates learning across broad disciplines to give students the knowledge, skills and experience they need to enhance their career opportunities and become leaders in sustainable agriculture. In developing the curriculum, a survey of was done to get input on what knowledge, experiences and skills would be important to include in the major (see The Delphi Study, below). The highly interdisciplinary major will draw from both traditional and nontraditional teaching concepts and methods and place a strong emphasis on experiential learning. Students will choose to focus on a natural science track or a social science track, but all students will take courses in both of these broad areas. Faculty will be drawn from a correspondingly broad range of disciplines and departments. For more information contact Mark Van Horn (mxvanhorn@ucdavis.edu).

Delphi Study: Stakeholders inform the curriculum development process