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Grand Challenge Application Criteria for Grand Challenge courses Inclusion of complex issues of contemporary significance. Course addresses areas of contemporary significance including, but not limited to: multiculturalism and diversity, economy, climate change, peace and nonviolence, health, renewable energy, social media, international policy, entrepreneurship, sustainability, social justice, and emerging technologies. Consistent with the objectives of general education, grand challenge courses provide students the opportunity to explore, question, and wrestle with the current and complex issues of our world. Interdisciplinary approach. Interdisciplinary study draws on disciplinary perspectives and integrates their insights to produce a comprehensive understanding. It is a process of answering questions, solving problems, or addressing topics that are too broad or complex to be dealt with adequately by a single discipline. There are two possible ways for your grand challenge course to meet this expectation: (1) providing evidence that throughout the course at least two disciplinary perspectives are sustained; in assignments, activities, and/or experiences, students should demonstrate that they can make interdisciplinary connections as they engage with the complex issue; or (2) teaching with one or more faculty from different disciplines. Please explain how your course will meet each of the criteria This course focuses on sustainability in agriculture and food systems. Food system sustainability is an issue of high significance in today’s society. Students will be asked to examine their own role(s) in the food system – as eaters, as shoppers, and as potential producers or policy setters – and the sustainability of their decisions. At the same time, students will gain an understanding of the larger realities that constrain food systems, both historically and in the present, with the goal of equipping them to not only think big, but implement their ideas. Agriculture is itself interdisciplinary, and the instructional team for this course includes faculty from the separate disciplines of plant science and fisheries science. Guest lecturers from sociology, nutrition, and animal science will further expand the disciplinary breadth of this course. In addition, the readings and other course material present the perspectives of historians, philosophers, and sociologists. These perspectives will complement the instructors’ perspectives as agricultural producers. Recognition and application of ethical principles. Course presents the ethical challenges associated with the issue and provides students with the skills to recognize such challenges as well as apply ethical concepts/frameworks in considering the ramifications of alternative actions. Sustainability is largely a matter of ethics. Throughout the course students will wrestle with the ethical challenges of balancing environmental, economic, and social sustainability in regards to food choices. Students will be encouraged to consider the sustainability of their own decisions and actions, and will gain sufficient understanding to meaningfully evaluate sustainability claims made by others.