Permaculture Minor

Peggy Hauselt (Geography), Ph.D., Adviser

Office: Bizzini Hall 215

The minor in Permaculture is an interdisciplinary program open to students in any major. Permaculture is a design approach for agroecosystems. With a focus on long- term sustainability, it emphasizes ecological principles and diversity of plant and animal combinations suited to the characteristics of places and cultures. As such, it is appropriate for students who are concerned with resource issues, agriculture, community development, and land use planning.

Students must complete a minimum of 31 upper-division units. (With adviser’s approval, a transfer student who has completed equivalent courses at the lower-division level in Categories 1-5 may use those courses to satisfy requirements in the minor as long as the student has a minimum of 20 upper-division units in the minor). Advising and approval for each student’s pattern of courses in the minor is required.

Supplementing the Minor

The following are recommended upper-division GE courses. Choose one course from each category:

1. Social Sciences

ANTH 3000 - Anthropology and Global Issues 3 unit(s)
PSCI 4318 - Environmental Policy and Politics 4 unit(s)

2. Sciences

BIOL 3000 - Frontiers in Biology 3 unit(s)
CHEM 3070 - The Chemicals in Your Life 3 unit(s)
CHEM 3100 - Environmental Chemistry 3 unit(s)
GEOL 3050 - Environmental Geology 4 unit(s)
NSCI 3000 - Science for Self-Sufficiency 3 unit(s)

Requirements

To qualify for this academic minor, students must complete the required number of units with a minimum GPA of 2.0 (C).

(31-34 units)

Category 1 — Physical Environment

(6 units)

Choose two courses from the following:

BIOL 4000 - Biogeography 3 unit(s)
GEOG 3100 - Climatology 3 unit(s)
GEOL 3050 - Environmental Geology 4 unit(s)
GEOL 3810 - Hydrogeology 4 unit(s)

Category 2 — Ecology

(3-4 units)

Choose one course from the following:

Category 3 — Pests and Plant Diseases

(4 units)

Choose one course from the following:

ZOOL 3000 - Entomology 4 unit(s)

Category 4 — Techniques

(9-10 units)

Choose three courses from the following:

GEOG 4070 - Agricultural Geography 4 unit(s)
GEOG 4750 - Geographic Information Systems 3 unit(s)
PSCI 3810 - Multicultural Community Building 3 unit(s)
PSCI 4318 - Environmental Policy and Politics 4 unit(s)
PSCI 4325 - Land Use Planning 3 unit(s)

Category 5 — Applied Work/Work Experience

(3 units)

It is required that students take an internship with the campus BioAg Center or with a local agricultural entity. See appropriate discipline for your interests. If students come from a community college with credited work experience, this requirement is waived.

Category 6 — Capstone Courses

(6-7 units)

Required:

GEOG 4301 - Permaculture Applications 3 unit(s)

Choose one:

PHIL 4050 - Environmental Ethics 3 unit(s)
PHIL 4800 - Nature Revisited 3 unit(s)
PSCI 4326 - Agricultural Policy and Regulations 4 unit(s)