The freshman seminar will address global challenges in the Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences (FANHS) like the “One Health” model. Federal agencies that have historically acted unilaterally are now recognizing that health of animals, people and the environment are inextricably linked. The "One Health" approach is the collaborative effort of the human health, veterinary health and environmental health communities to interact on a local, national and global scales in order to attain and maintain optimal health not only for people, but for domestic, farm, and food animals, wildlife, plants, and environment. This course will focus on research programs in the Institute of Agriculture that approach solving challenges through communication, cooperation, and collaboration across disciplines and institutions, thus maintaining or reducing health risks to animals, humans, the environment and society.

Scientific integrity and workplace safety require compliance from all personnel. The challenge of teaching research ethics to novice researchers will be addressed by interaction with compliance personnel, online training (Responsible Conduct of Research - RCR) and case studies. Students will also be required to complete the two research compliance training modules aligned most closely with their major or research interests. This information will be provided to the students either as online modules or in workshops. All students in the course will participate in the ethics and compliance trainings. This course will be offered as a foundational course for the Food, Agricultural, Natural Resource, and Human Sciences Minor and will provide students in that minor with opportunities to identify faculty programs which support their career goals. In addition, this course will provide training for students in funded undergraduate research programs. After the initial ethics and compliance training, students in these program will receive project-specific training as identified by the Principal Investigator(s).

Plants and microbes are an abundant source of medicinal compounds and, until the end of the 19th century all drugs were natural products or minerals. Today, natural products often serve as chemical templates for drug design. The mission of this course is to promote understanding of medicines and drugs that are derived from natural sources. Students in this online course will develop critical thinking skills and an appreciation for the roles that plant- and microbe-derived compounds play in modern medicine use and abuse. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (NS)

Plant protection; natural products; international issues in crop protection. The history of biopesticides, their modes of actions, challenges and trends in biopesticide development, and biopesticides in integrated pest management systems will be discussed.

Comprehensive individual study of current problems.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.

Other Instructors: Trigiano, Robert N | Shoemaker, Dewayne | Gerhold Jr, Richard William | Nowicki, Marcin | Staton, Meg | Kelly, Heather Marie

Advanced individual study, under faculty guidance, of social work practice issues.

Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Recommended Background: First-year required PhD courses or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level - graduate.

Other Instructors: Strand, Elizabeth