Program Snapshot
Next Start DateRolling Admissions | How OftenEvery Semester | Application | Learning FormatOnline |
Online Learning TypeSynchronous | CreditsNone | Time Commitment6-8 hours/week per course | CredentialDigital Badge |
Overview
Find Solutions to Societal Issues Through the Lens of Our Food Systems
This enrollment pathway is designed for community-based learners and professionals who are not seeking graduate credit. Non-credit enrollees participate alongside graduate students in the IfA’s four course offerings.
Our courses use interactive and creative approaches to teaching that focus on creating learning communities amongst diverse cohorts of students, often participating from different geographies of the world. By learning through case studies, exploring the latest theoretical approaches, hearing from leading agroecologists as guest speakers and through meaningful projects and assignments, we aim to inspire, inform and skill-up students to become agents of change for a more just and sustainable food system.
What Sets UVM Apart
Be Part of a Food Systems RevolutionVermont is a hub for food systems work and UVM is a trusted partner that provides pioneering research and thought-leadership. | Access Leading AcademiaBased within the Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment department at UVM and connected to the UVM Institute for Agroecology, the program provides students access to UVM’s academic ecosystem and people. | Learn OnlineAll courses offer a fully online, partially synchronous learning opportunity. |
In this program, you will:
- Learn from examples of agroecology from around the world to draw lessons learned and to find inspiration.
- Learn directly from agroecology researchers and actionists working actively on in local, national and international contexts
- Explore and develop your own practice as an agent of change.
- Integrate ecological, social, political and economic perspectives while investigating contemporary problems in our agrifood system
- Live in your own foodshed while learning lessons you can apply anywhere
- Connect theory to practice as part of a diverse and inclusive learning community
- Gain the knowledge you need to help farmers and communities realize the multiple benefits of agroecology, ensure better livelihood for farmers, and reverse the trends of climate crisis, biodiversity loss, inequity and hunger.
Admissions
Who is this program for?
- Activists, Practitioners, and Professionals seeking advanced learning in agroecology for graduate credit
- We believe that we learn best from a diversity of sources and a diversity of voices – online participation means you can join us from almost anywhere
Please note: all courses will be taught at a graduate level, with approximately 6-8 hours of work per week for each course.
Application Process
Curriculum
What courses available to take without receiving credit?
This enrollment pathway is designed for community-based learners and professionals who are not seeking graduate credit. Non-credit enrollees participate alongside graduate students in the IfA’s four course offerings.
- Transformative Agroecology (ALE 6110)
- Ecological Foundations of Agroecology (ALE 6120)
- Participatory Action Research & Transdisciplinary Agroecology (ALE 6130)
- Agroecology, Food Sovereignity & Social Movements (ALE 6140)
Full Course Catalog
Instructors
Who will teach the courses?
