IFEWSMING - Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Systems

13

Minimum credit hours for PhD Minor: 13

Required Courses: 5 courses

Students will complete the seminar and one course each from Block 1, Block 2, Block 3, and Block 4: 

Seminar: Indigenous Research and Outreach Ethics Seminar

• ENVS 696N - Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty Seminar (Fall, 1 unit)

Block 1: Systems

• ABE 579 - Applied Instrumentation for Controlled Environment Agriculture (Spring, 3 units)

• ABE 582 - Integrated Engineered Solutions in the Food-Water-Energy Nexus (Spring, 3 units)

• ENVS 596B - Water Policy in Arizona and Semi-Arid Regions (Spring, 3 units)

• GEOG 596J - Water Mangement and Policy: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Fall & Spring, 3 units)

Block 2: Fundamentals

• ECE/OPTI 514A - Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems (Spring, 3 units)

• ECE/MSE/OPTI 534 - Advanced Topics in Optical and Electronic Materials (Spring, even years only, 3 units) 

• MSE 530 - Organic Electronic Materials and Devices (Fall, 3 units)

• MSE 550 - Materials Selection for the Environment (Spring, 3 units)

Block 3: Society

• AIS 526A - Principles of Indigenous Economics (Fall & Spring, 3 units)

• AIS 531A - Traditional Ecological Knowledge (Fall, 3 units)

• AIS 541A - Natural Resource Management in Native Communities (Fall & Spring, 3 units) 

Block 4 -  Unit Operations  

• CHE 514 - Sustainable Water Supplies for Remote Communities (Spring, 3 units)

There are no electives for this program. Students wishing to request a course subsititution must contact the program coordinator for paperwork and procedures. 

Indige-FEWS PhD Minor students are required to have a GIDP Minor faculty serve on the dissertation committee. Students must engage written consent from the faculty member. 

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.