Foundations & Breadth

• BIO 41 or BIO 43 or BIO 43H or BIO 101 or EARTHSYS 30 or HUMBIO 2A & 2B or EARTHSYS 116
• CHEM 31A & 31B or 31X
• ECON 1
• GS 1A, B, or C or GS 4 or EARTHSYS 117
• MATH 19, 20, 21 or 41, 42
• MATH 51 or CME 100
• PHYSICS 41 or PHYSICS 45
• Statistics: BIO 174H or BIO 202 or ECON 102A or STATS 110 or 116 or 141
• EARTHSYS 10
• EARTHSYS 111 
• EARTHSYS 112
• EARTHSYS 210A, B, or C (Senior Capstone & Reflection)
• EARTHSYS 210P (Capstone Project)
• EARTHSYS 260 (Internship)
• WIM: EARTHSYS 200, or another designated WIM course in a related department- must be approved by an advisor. Your WIM course may not also count towards your track or electives, if counted as a WIM.

(These courses must be taken for a letter grade: EARTHSYS 10, 111, 112, 210 A/B/C, 200)

Track

A total of seven courses are required from the Food and Agriculture Focus Areas. In addition, two electives are required for this track. All track courses and electives must be taken for a letter grade (nine courses total).

Fundamentals of Agriculture Production and Economics: (both required)

• ECON 106: World Food Economy
• EARTHSYS 185: Feeding Nine Billion

Biogeophysical Dimensions

• EARTHSYS 155: Science of Soils

And choose 2 of the following

• BIO 137: Plant Genetics
• HUMBIO 113: The Human-Plant Connection
• HUMBIO 130: Human Nutrition
• GS 130: Soil Physics and Hydrology

Social Dimensions: (choose 1)

• ANTHRO 169: The Ecology of Cuisine
• EARTHSYS 181: Urban Agriculture in the Developing World
• EARTHSYS 187: FEED the Change: Redesigning Food Systems (must enroll in 3 units)
• ECON 118: Development Economics (note this class has pre-reqs: ECON 52 and 102B)
• HISTORY 203G: Mobile Food: A Global Food History
• HUMBIO 113S: Healthy/Sustainable Food Systems: Maximum Sustainability across Health, Economics, and Environment
• HUMBIO 166: Food and Society 

Applied Study in the Field

• EARTHSYS 180B: Principles and Practices of Sustainable Agriculture

Electives

TWO additional courses at the 100-level or above are required. Electives allow students to personalize their Earth Systems curriculum by pursuing higher-level courses offered in their focus area, or by incorporating new academic perspectives. Each must be a minimum of 3 units.

Track Updated 8/2015