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| FS 58000 - Food And The Environment |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is to provide information for students to understand the radical increase in food production and the associated environmental issues it has created. This course gives theoretical coverage of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology that will assist students in finding ways to evaluate the environmental sustainability of different food systems throughout their entire supply chains at local, national and global levels.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Department of Food Science Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the relationship between the food product life cycle and resource use and emissions generated. 2. Explain the principles of LCA and describe its content and purpose of each analytical step. 3. Interpret and evaluate food LCA studies and understand their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate use. 4. Perform a complete LCA to assess the environmental impact of a food product/system using publicly available data and software. 5. Identify the key factors impacting the environmental sustainability of food systems from farm-to-fork. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate |
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