Course Description:

Food, Agriculture & Environment is really an overall Course Description for two courses offered simultaneously during the Spring Semester of 2001 at Florida Gulf Coast University. A lower-division course (AGG 2933 - Current Topics in Agriculture) will be offered by The University of Florida’s Institute for Food and Agricultural Science (IFAS) and Edison Community College. An upper division course, AEB 4032 – American Agriculture & Society, will be offered by Florida Gulf Coast University. Both courses will meet on a common date, time and site (Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., at a class site to be designated at Florida Gulf Coast University. Two Field Trips will also be offered that will originate at the University of Florida’s IFAS campus on Route 29 in Immokalee, Florida. Both classes will share common lecturers, field trips and presentations. However, students in the upper division section (AEB 4032) will be required to complete additional assignments appropriate for an upper division elective course.

Mission Statement: 

The mission of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the principal policy issues that confront agricultural and environmental interests nationally and in Southwest Florida. Instructors will illustrate how these policy issues apply to the implementation of modern agriculture practices utilized in the production of the region's crops. Likewise, this course is designed to assist the student in understanding the economic, agricultural, cultural, and environmental tradeoffs that must be made in achieving a sustainable balance between the development needs of communities, the land and resource needs of farmers and growers, and the environmental needs of the region's ecological infrastructure; an infrastructure which also includes humans.

Goals and Objectives:

   To provide students within southwest Florida a broad perspective of agricultural production in the region

   To develop an appreciation of how regional agricultural industries have developed 

   To develop an understanding and appreciation of the important cultural and ecological issues faced by southwest Florida producers and consumers of agricultural products.

Course Requirements: (Lower Division Participants)

Students participating in the lower-division of the course sponsored by UF-IFAS and Edison Community College (AGG 2933) will be expected to complete the following course requirements:

Grading Scale:

 Lower Division Course Readings: (Required Texts)  

Grading Scale 

 Upper Division Course Readings: (Required Texts, Required Compiled Readings, & Required Web Readings

Web Board Overview

A Web Board is collaboration software you will use to interact with faculty and other students. To access the Web Board, you will need a log-in name and password. This log-in name and password can be used by registered students to access most Web Boards at FGCU. If you are taking other classes that incorporate Web Boards, you will only need to obtain a Web Board log-in name and password one time.

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE a log-in name and password to access a Web Board for another class, you can use that information to access the Web Board for this class. Click on the link in step one below to access the Web Board for this class. Enter your user name and password and click "OK."

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE a Web Board log-in name and password, follow all of the instructions below. Make sure you read all
instructions before proceeding.

1. Click on this link: 

http://courses.fgcu.edu/~94

2. Click "New Users.

3. A form will appear. Fill in all the required information to create your user profile. (A red dot indicates a required field.) Write down your log-in name and password so you don't forget them!

4. Scroll down the page. If your web browser does not support frames, click "No" beside the text "Use Frames."

5. Click Create.

6. Explore the Web Board and practice reading, posting, and replying to messages.

The Electronic Bulletin Board is divided into 4 dialogues or "strands."

(1)    Study Questions & Homework For Each Class Session (When Applicable)
(2)    Instructor Comments & Questions
(3)    For the Common Good: (student comments & observations relating to the course)
(4)    Web Links and File Attachments

Class Sessions