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1、课程简介NoCourseInstructorCredits1Intercultural Communications. Different types of problems encountered when communicating with different cultures.Virginia Sanchez22Conversational English. Conversational English focuses on helping students develop and practice English language skills that will be useful
2、 for traveleing, living, studying, and working in the United States. Classes will focus on improving conversational ability while emphasizing listening comprehension skills, the proper use of English grammar, vocabulary development, common idiom usage, and practice in pronunciation and intonation. S
3、maller class sizes will allow students the ability to practice their English skills and receive personalized feedback from the instructor.Benita Dilley、Susan Fillippeli13Farm and Agribusiness Management. Use of economic and business principles in agriculture including financial analyses, enterprise
4、budgeting, and investment decisions.Patricia Duffy24Introduction to Smart Agriculture. Topics will include farming at different scales, yield monitors, global positioning systems, yield variability, soil sampling, remote sensing, unmanned aerial vehicles, and variable rate fertilizer and irrigation.
5、Bill Batchelor15Environmental Soil Physics. Soil physical properties, transport of water, heat, and gas through soils. Soil-plant-atmosphere-continuum and processes in agricultural, urban, and natural land uses. Field instrumentation, measurement, and assessment of physical properties. Special empha
6、sis is given to the role of water in soils as soil water affects other physical properties such as thermal, gas, mechanical, etc. Thorsten Knappenberger26Genetics and Genomics.An introduction to the major concepts of genetic analysis as supported by genomic concepts. Major topics to be presented are
7、: 1) Mendelian genetics, 2) Chromosomal basis or inheritance, 3) Genes, DNA, RNA, and Protein, 4) Population genetics and genomics, 5) Quantiative genetics, 6) Control of gene expression - transcription and translation, 7) Genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, and metabolomes, and 8) Applications of G
8、enomic biology metagenomics & pharmacogenomics. The course will involve lectures and problem solving in class, as well as outside reading and prolem solving.Bob Locy27Agricultural Knowledge & Information Systems. Principles and models of applied social change in U.S. and developing nations. The Coop
9、erative Extension Service is analyzed as an educational institution. Fundamental steps in program development and evaluation.Joe Molnar28Microbiology in Biotechnology. This short course will outline basics of microbiology with a focus in biotechnology applications. The course will begin with microbi
10、al model systems of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and advance to applied microbial biotechnologies of Wolbachia pipientis and Bacillus Thuringiensis. We will discuss microbial physiology, genetics, and evolution.John Beckman29Introduction to Ethics. Major ethical theories from the hi
11、story of philosophy, their foundations in epistemology and metaphysics, and their extension into social thought. Laura Matthews210Technical Writing Writing for engineering, scientific and technical fields. Students read critically and communicate effectively in the genres and styles of discourse app
12、ropriate to the professional communities students join after graduation and learn writing in English for genres such as e-mails, letters, and reports. Students focus on the importance of preparing accurate and relevant information with a specific audience and purpose identified.Patricia Simpkins211I
13、ntroduction to International Relations. An introduction to the history, theories, issues, and debates from the study of international relations, including the post-World War II history of the international system, the role of international organizations and laws in the conduct of international relat
14、ions, and major global issues such as climate change, terrorism, and trade.Matthew Clary212Food and Power. This course looks at how past and present transformations in traditional foodways, markets and food infrastructures have shaped food politics today. It will explore a variety of debates about f
15、ood and agriculture, and look beneath the surface of these debates at the deeper social and cultural forces driving them. Xaq Frohlich213Reproductive Science and Health. This course consists of 16 content units to learn the function of the reproductive system in animals and humans. It also includes some brief health highlights related to animal and human health. Juming Zhong2