Name Class Adviser Environmental Concentration Topic: Sustainable Food For full catalogue copy visit http://catalog.smith.edu/index.php?mode=dept (select Environmental Concentration: Sustainable Food in drop down menu) Faculty Advisers: Elisabeth Armstrong, Barbara Brehm-Curtis, Michelle Joffroy, Ann Leone, Robert Newton, Nancy Sternbach, Paul Wetzel. Coordinator: 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 completing their practical experience requirements. Requirements: The Sustainable Food Concentration comprises five components: a gateway course, an academic core, practicum experiences, the reflection program and a capstone. These include: (1) Gateway Course (choose one) ENV 100, Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field, 1-credit, offered fall 2015 LSS 100, Issues in Landscape Studies, 2-credits, offered spring 2016; (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) Reflection Program Students participate in the reflection program and complete the associated written assignments each semester during their junior and senior years on campus; (5) Capstone Course ENX 301: Environmental Concentration Capstone: Sustainable Food This course will be offered during the fall of 2015, 2016, and 2017. Students wishing to pursue the Environmental Concentration must have clear plans to ensure that they can take this capstone course. Name Class Adviser Checklist for the Environmental Concentration: Sustainable Food Declaration of the Concentration submitted to the Registrar’s Office __________ Gateway Course (1 course) Completed (year) ENV 100, Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field Offered each fall ___________________________ LSS 100, Landscape, Environment, and Design Offered each spring ___________________________ Academic Core Courses (4 Courses) See courses list; courses must span two of three divisions. Humanities Course (semester completed) __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Natural Sciences and Engineering __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Social Sciences __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Capstone Course (1 course) Completed (year) ENX 301: Environmental Concentration Capstone: Sustainable Food Offered fall 2015, 2016, 2017 ______________________ Name Class Adviser ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Practicum experience (2 distinct experiences approved by faculty adviser) Practicum 1- Name of sponsoring organization: ___________________________________ Completed (date) Practical Experience Approval Form __________________________ Supervisor Evaluation Form ________________________ Practicum 2- Name of sponsoring organization: ___________________________________ Completed (date) Practical Experience Approval Form _________________________ Supervisor Evaluation Form _________________________ Concentration reflection program Completed (date) Junior year _________________________ Senior year _________________________ Student signature: Adviser signature: Date: _____________________________________ Date: ____________________________________ Seniors: please submit completed this checklist to Joanne Benkley, Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS), Wright Hall 010 by the first week of March your senior year (or the first week of October if you are a January graduate).