Tuesday

Thursday

1

Sep 28

Class overview & organization

Lecture Notes

Sep 30

Status of biotech crops worldwide

Lecture Notes

2

Oct 5

Origins of agriculture and plant breeding

Lecture Notes

Oct 7

The Green Revolution

Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

3

Oct 12

The science of genes

Lecture Notes

Oct 14

Biotechnologies

Lecture Notes

4

Oct 19

Chemicals of concern

Lecture Notes

Oct 21

Chemicals in the environment

Lecture Notes

Honors section only: Intellectual Property Protection in Crops 

Lecture Notes

5

Oct 26

The food industry and regulation of food safety

Lecture Notes

Oct 28

Natural vs. synthetic chemicals

Lecture Notes

6

Nov 2

Pest control, pesticides, and the story of DDT

Lecture Notes

Nov 4

Ethics and animal rights

Lecture Notes A

Lecture Notes B

Lecture Notes C

7

Nov 9

Organic and ecological agriculture

Lecture Notes A - Durst

Lecture Notes B - Stone

Nov 11

Sustainability and minimum tillage agriculture

Lecture Notes

8

Nov 16

Dolly, BST, and transgenic animals: 

Lecture Notes

Nov 18 - Term Paper Outline Due

"Tacogate"

Lecture Notes

9

Nov 23

BT insect-tolerant crops

Lecture Notes

Nov 25

Thanksgiving - No Class

10

Nov 30

Future foods and drugs

Lecture Notes

Dec 2 - Term Paper and all essays due / Class evaluations - Student Presentations

Who are the winners and losers?