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Colloquia
Offerings: Fall 2007
| Course Name | Description | Instructor Information |
| Biotech
Startup Company (11:015:404)
Meets F 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Index # 30671 |
This
class is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the process
of turning an idea into a successful startup company. The course will
be useful for anyone having little or no pre-existing entrepreneurial
experience, but having an idea he or she would like to pursue. Class offers
a project-based, team-oriented educational environment. Preparation of
a business plan, as well as presentation of the plan are required for
this course. |
Instructor:
P. Takhistov Phone: 732-932-9611 X238 Email: takhistov@aesop.rutgers.edu |
| Ethics
in Science (11:015:405)
Meets W 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Index # 26052 |
Exploration of a variety of ethical issues related to science, including, but not limited to gene patents, conflict of interest, insider trading, cures of disease, endangered species, human experimentation, and man and the environment. Students work in small groups on a particular issue of their choosing. | Instructor:
Julie Fagan Phone: 732-932-8354 Email: fagan@aesop.rutgers.edu |
| Issues
in Animal Agriculture and Research (11:015:407)
Meets F 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Index # 26053 |
Examination of issues relating to animal use, including, but not limited to cloning, food safety, pest control, breeding, use of animals as pets, as food, as models in research and teaching. Students work in small groups on a particular issue of their choosing. | Instructor:
Julie Fagan Phone: 732-932-8354 Email: fagan@aesop.rutgers.edu |
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Ecological Business Management (11:015:414) CANCELLED
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CANCELLED Through the application of sustainability criteria (using Sustainable Development as a point of reference) in the ‘upstream’ procurement process and decision-making of public and private agencies, organizations and corporate entities can both improve environmental performance, while addressing ethics, social regeneration and economic concerns (e.g. the ‘triple bottom-line’). Students will participate in the design, examination and modeling of sustainable procurement programs currently being developed throughout the United States and the UK. |
Instructor:
Kevin Lyons Phone: 732-932-4375 X2320 Email: klyons@rci.rutgers.edu |
Industrial
Research and Product Development (11:015:416) |
CANCELLED This course is designed to give students an overview of how industry works in general and an understanding of the role of science in the discovery and development of products for consumer use. | Instructor:
Sukhvinder Sandhu Phone: 732-878-7645 Email; Sukhvinder_Sandhu@colpal.com |
| Emerging
Infectious Diseases (11:015:420) CANCELLED
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CANCELLEDAn examination of diseases whose vectors are related to food and water in order to understand current and developing problems (physical, biological, economic and social) related to the emerging disease process. | Instructor:
Stanley Katz Phone: 732-932-9522 X:329 Email: sekatz@aesop.rutgers.edu |
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Fungi: Diversity, Ecology and Impacts (11:015:423) Meets T,F 10:55 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Index # 30367 |
The diversity and ecology of fungal microbes, with emphasis on their economic, medical, agricultural and cultural impacts. | Instructor:
Jim White Phone: 732 932-9375 X357 Email: jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu |
Obesity Meets T 3:55-6:55 PM Index # 33214 |
The study of obesity provides an excellent opportunity to examine a single topic from multiple perspectives. This course will enable students to see the connections between numerous disciplines and fields, all of which impact the same outcome, obesity. The course will provide a series of state-of-the-art lectures by scientists actively involved in different aspects of research relevant to obesity. These lecture/discussion sessions will enable the students to understand the multifactorial etiology of the epidemic, as well as the treatment and public policy approaches that are being used in the obesity research community to combat the disease. | Instructor: Daniel Hoffman |
| People-Plant
Relationships (11:015:432)
Meets W 12:35 - 3:35 p.m. Index # 27682 |
Investigation of the interaction of plants and people in natural and man-made settings. Topics include plants and human culture, plants and communities, plants and the human psycho-physiological response, horticultural therapy, and research and implementation. Students will collaborate on teams, delivering short reports and informal presentations. | Instructor:
Joel Flagler Phone: 201-336-6780 Email: jflagler@rci.rutgers.edu |
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Critical Scientific Thinking (015:433) CANCELLED
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CANCELLED Exploration of the critical thinking necessary for scientific investigation and for the evaluation of scientific and technical information. The course will focus on understanding the research process, the developmental stages of a research project, data evaluation, and research publications. The class will explore the intellectual road from observation, empiricism, hypothesis, data gathering, and analysis to conclusions. Case studies, using real world examples and practical applications will illustrate critical thinking and the impact of science and technology on society. Participants in the Colloquium will integrate research information from a variety of fields, such as earth system science, environmental sciences, chemistry, biology, ecology, biochemistry, medicine, social sciences, public policy and economics. |
Instructors:
Marie Siewierski & Stanley Katz |
| Local
Government and the Environment (11:015:434)
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CANCELLED Local government on the sharp edge of environmental action, health and safety. Organization and functioning with particular reference to New Jersey. Its role in such areas as resource management, hazard mitigation, site remediation, water quality, environmental and health regulation, and emergency management. Relations to state and federal agencies. | Instructor:
George Morren Phone: 732-932-9165 X:315 Email: morren@ocean.rutgers.edu |
Sustainable Agriculture Meets W 8:40 - 1:20 PM Index #33215 |
Through class participation and field trips to a variety of NJ farm operations (including farms in the Pine Barrens), this colloquium will explore sustainability challenges facing U.S. farmers in relation to farming and soil practices, struggles for economic profitability, and public policies. Topics include cover crops and rotations, agricultural chemical benefits and risks and Integrated Pest Management, industrial animal farms and food safety, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), cost-price squeeze, etc. This is not an organic farming course. Organic farming is treated as one of many potential sustainability paths. Readings sometimes provocatively challenge conventional wisdom. | Instructor: Jack Rabin |
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Culture & Ecology of the Yucatan (11:015:437) Meets by arrangement (through January)). See instructor for details. |
The focus of the course is the exploration of Mayan ruins, ecological preserves, and important cities of the Yucatan Peninsula. The 18 day study tour is offered during winter break. In addition there are on campus orientation sessions fall semester and final group presentations spring semester | Instructor:
Bruce Hamilton Phone: 732-932-8010 Email: bhamilton@aesop.rutgers.edu |
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Women,
Food and Health (11:015:438)
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CANCELLED The Women, Food, and Health colloquium is built around a set of readings that inform a (semi-)passive and an active dialogue that we will all engage in, most particularly with the local community. The readings will place our discussions in the context of international human rights, feminist theory, and community development. By passive dialogue, I mean that I will bring in various media, including guest speakers who are active on women, food, and health issues (mostly, but not only in New Brunswick). By active dialogue, I mean that students will work in groups with a number of community-based projects mostly, but not necessarily only, in New Brunswick. | Instructor:
A. Bellows Phone: 732-932-1966 X:1222 Email: acbellow@rci.rutgers.edu |
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Risk, Health and Safety (11:374:430) Meets W 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Index # 30378 |
Scientific, cultural and perceptual aspects of environmental risk, including toxicological and epidemiological concepts, psychological aspects of risk perception and coping and influences on self-protective behavior. Consideration of how to communicate with the public about risks, and of environmental policy surrounding risks. | Instructor:
William Hallman Phone: 732-932-9153 X:313 Email: hallman@aesop.rutgers.edu |
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Public
Participation & Environmental Policy (11:374:433)
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CANCELLED Examination of the theory and practice of public participation related to the environment; analysis of strengths and limitations of public participation, including potential for impact on government decisions; development of public participation skills through field work, including observation and interviewing participants. | Instructor:
Caron Chess Phone: 732-932-8795 Email: chess_c@aesop.rutgers.edu |
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CANCELLED Communication plays a fundamental role in science. In environmental policy discussions, public health directives, or the continuation of scientific research itself, progress is created and documented through acts of communication. From the mass media to individual conversations, from technical journals to textbooks, from lab notes to the World Wide Web, communication creates and defines social issues and research findings. In this course, we will examine the institutional and intellectual contexts, processes, promises, and practical constraints of communication in the life sciences (CILS). In accomplishing these goals, we will look at many examples of communication in and about the life sciences. We will learn how to read scientific articles, make our way through an overview of the many facets of CILS, and study the communication processes of cooperation and conflict in life sciences. |
Instructor:
Andrew Pleasant Phone: 732-932-9153 X320 Email: pleasant@aesop.rutgers.edu |
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| Science
in Shoreline Management (11:628:401)
Meets T 3:55 - 6:55 p.m. Index # 31761 |
Examination of coastal environments from the standpoint of the use of science in management of shoreline resources. | Instructor:
Karl F. Nordstrom Phone: 732-932-6555 X:502 Email: nordstro@imcs.rutgers.edu |
Weather, Climate and Environmental Design (11:670:306) Meets T 5:35 - 8:35PM Index #34485 |
Impacts of interacting weather and climate variables on environmental and engineering issues and design applications in the areas of agriculture, stormwater management, air pollution, coastal management, weather extremes/severe weather, and global warming. | Instructor:
R. Dunk Phone: 732-932-6555 x501 Email: dunk@cep.rutgers.edu |
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