Name
Class
Adviser
Environmental Concentration
Topic: Sustainable Food
For full catalogue copy visit http://catalog.smith.edu/dept_info.php?dept=EVC
(scroll down to Environmental Concentration)
Faculty Advisers: Nina Antonetti, Elisabeth Armstrong, Andrew Guswa, Michelle Joffroy, Ann Leone
Yoosun Park, Nola Reinhardt, Paul Wetzel.
Coordinators: Joanne Benkley
Prospective concentrators should contact Joanne Benkley with questions. Once accepted into the
concentration, students should consult with their faculty adviser in choosing their courses and to complete
the practical experience requirements.
Requirements: The Environmental Concentration: Sustainable Food comprises four components: a
gateway course, an academic core, practicum experiences, and a capstone. These include:
(1) Gateway Course (choose one)
ENV 100, Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field, 1-credit, offered fall 2012
LSS 100, Issues in Landscape Studies, 2-credits, offered spring 2013;
(2) Academic Core (four courses)
In consultation with their advisors, students will choose four courses from among the many food-related
courses offered by the Five Colleges (see online catalogue, link above). Chosen courses must span at
least two of three divisions (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering);
(3) Practicum Experiences
The concentration requires students to pursue two (2) practicum experiences, which can include
internships, projects on campus, and volunteer and paid work;
(4) Capstone Course
ENX 301: Environmental Concentration Capstone: Sustainable Food
This course will be offered during the fall of 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Students wishing to pursue the
Environmental Concentration must have clear plans to ensure that they can take this capstone course.
Checklist for Environmental Concentration
Gateway Course (1 course)
Completed (year)
ENV 100, Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field
Offered fall 2012
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LSS 100, Issues in Landscape Studies
Offered spring 2013
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Academic Core Courses (4 Courses)
See courses list; courses must span two of three divisions.
Humanities
Course (semester completed)
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Natural Sciences and Engineering
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Social Sciences
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Capstone Course (1 course)
Completed (year)
ENX 301: Environmental Concentration Capstone: Sustainable Food
Offered fall 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
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Practicum experience (2 distinct experiences approved by faculty adviser)
Completed (date)
Practicum 1
Practical Experience Approval Form
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Early Reflection
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Reflection
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Supervisor Evaluation Form
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Practical Experience Credit Form
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Practicum 2
Practical Experience Approval Form
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Early Reflection
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Reflection
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Supervisor Evaluation Form
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Practical Experience Credit Form
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Student signature:
Date:
Adviser signature:
Date:
Please submit completed checklist to Joanne Benkley, Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and
Sustainability (CEEDS), Wright Hall 010.