Course Schedule

Week 1

Roster and Student Introductions
Lecture: Fletcher Seminar + Rebar
Expectations or course
Mapping Lecture
Assignment 1: Map your own weekly consumption of food, documenting each
meal. Prepare catalogue of weekly food consumption.

Week 2

Lecture: Overview of current understanding of San Francisco’s Food,
Water, Waste, Energy, and Air system.
Review 1st week assignment
Assignment: Readings

Week 3

Lecture: In depth presentation of SF food system, current efforts at
mapping productive landscape, understanding carrying capacity,
identifying social network to support urban food production.
Assignment 2: Foodshed
Resources: Cataloging systems, taxonomies

Week 4

Lecture: Introduce past classes work products, magazine booklets
Introduce graphic design framework
Establish Teams for Assignment 2
In class exercise: Desk Crit

Week 5

Lecture: Video Presentation: Food, Inc, or King Corn, discussion
In class exercise: Pinup

Week 6

Field Trip to Urban Farm / Produce Mart /Vertibale Vegatble
Assignment: Resources:

Week 7

In class exercise work session
In class exercise: Desk Crit and Work Session

Week 8

Midterm Presentations

Week 9

Lecture: In depth presentation of SF waste systems
Establish Teams for Assignment 2
Assignment 3: Wasteshed
Resources: Cataloging systems, taxonomies

Week 10

Lecture or Video Presentation
Establish Teams for Assignment 2
In class exercise: Desk Crit

Week 11

Field Trip to Waste Treatment Plan
In class exercise: Pinup

Week 12

Lecture: Video Presentation: Food, Inc, or King Corn, discussion
In class exercise: Desk Crit
Assignment: Research and Mapping

Week 13

Lecture or Video Presentation
Establish Teams for Assignment 2
In class exercise: Desk Crit

Week 14

Lecture: Video Presentation
In class exercise: Pinup

Week 15

Lecture
In class exercise: Work Session

Week 16

FINAL PRESENTATION

schedule subject to change