Courses
Required Core Courses:
Students must complete the following courses (9 credits):
CS 518 - Introduction to Regulatory Science in Agriculture
Units: 3
This course covers laws, regulations and agencies involved in the registration of conventional, biotechnology and biological crops, crop protectants and growth regulators. US and International laws and regulations will be discussed from technical proof of concept through commercial release.
Offered in Fall Only
CS 528 - Advanced Regulatory Science in Agriculture
Units: 3
This course goes into additional depth and provides hands-on exercises concerning agriculture regulatory topics covered in CS 418/518. The course will introduce laws, regulations and agencies involved in the fertilizer, animal and waste management as well as the role of public policy in the regulatory process. CS 418/518 is a prerequisite for this class.
Offered in Spring Only
AEC 592 - Special Topics in Applied Ecology
Units: 1 - 6
Special Topics in Applied Ecology. Topics will vary.
Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Elective Courses:
Students must complete at least 6 credits from the following list:
BEC 575 - Global Regulatory Affairs for Medical Products
Units: 3
This lecture-based course introduces students to the quality systems used to meet the regulatory requirements for developing, testing, manufacturing, and selling medical products in the global marketplace. It provides a general background for those going into the medical products field, but is especially useful to students preparing for a career in the Regulatory Affairs or Quality Assurance Department within a pharmaceutical, biomanufacturing, or medical device company. BEC 575 students must have graduate standing.
Offered in Fall and Spring
TERM: Offered in Fall and Spring
CS 725 - Pesticide Chemistry
Units: 1
Chemical properties of pesticides including hydration and solvation, ionization, volatilization, lipophilicity, molecular structure and size, and reactivity and classification according to chemical description, mode of action or ionizability. Taughtduring the first 5 weeks of semester. Drop date is last day of 3rd week of the minicourse.
Offered in Fall Only
CS 727 - Pesticide Behavior and Fate In the Environment
Units: 2
Sorption/desorption, soil reactivity, movement, volatilization, bioavailability, degradation and stability of pesticides in the environment. Taught during the last 10 weeks of semester. Drop date is last day of 3rd week of the minicourse.
Offered in Fall Only
EA 501 - Environmental Stressors
Units: 3
Introduces students to how organisms are affected by and respond to changes or stressors - both natural and human-induced - in the environment. With a focus on the concepts most significant to the field of environmental assessment, the course emphasizes the fundamental processes and effects of pollutants and naturally-occurring substances in the environment, including emerging issues and historically significant cases.
Offered in Fall Only
EA 502 - Environmental Risk Assessment
Units: 3
This course provides students with an appreciation and understanding of the principles of environmental risk assessment including: Hazard Identification, Toxicity Assessment, Exposure Assessment, and Risk Characterization. Emphasis is placed on contemporary problems in human health and the environment, and it will be based on the most current methodologies described in the "Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund." Enrollment in the course requires graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Two semester sequence of college biology & college chemistry.
Offered in Spring Only
EA 503 - Environmental Exposure Assessment
Units: 3
Provides students with an appreciation and understanding of the principles of environmental exposure assessment including the sources, transport and fate of chemicals in the environment. Emphasis is on contemporary problems in human health and the environment, covering topics such as: transformation and degradation processes, classes of contaminants a well as predicting environmental fate and exposure. Enrollment in the course requires graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Two semester sequence of college biology & college chemistry.
Offered in Fall Only
EA 504 - Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
Units: 3
Monitoring and analysis of chemical and biological impacts to the environment. Theory of chemical, physical, biological, and ecological monitoring. Planning and conducting environmental sampling and monitoring programs. Management, analysis, and quality assurance and control. Enrollment in the course requires graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
Offered in Summer
EA 505 - Environmental Assessment Law & Policy
Units: 3
This course provides students with an appreciation for and understanding of the principles of environmental law and policy. Emphasis is on the US legal system and litigation process relevant to environmental law, covering topics such as: the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA], the Pollution Prevention Act [PPA], the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act. Throughout the course, a case study is integrated into the conceptual lecture material with the intent of providing practical examples to conceptual material.
Offered in Fall Only
PA 507 - The Public Policy Process
Units: 3
Application of current theories of the public policy process to current issues in public policy and management. Emphasis on the dominant theories of the process, including policy streams, advocacy coalitions, punctuated equilibrium, institutional and rational choice models. Graduate standing or seniors with instructor's permission.
Offered in Fall Only
YEAR: Offered Alternate Even Years
PA 552 - Science and Technology Policy
Units: 3
This course explores multiple methodologies and disciplinary perspectives to examine the public policies involving or affected by science and technology [S&T]. Course themes include the history and evolution of S&T policy, current national and international S&T policy systems and the interactions and conflicts within and surrounding them, and responsible governance of S&T.
Offered in Spring Only
PA 763 - Public Policy Process
Units: 3
Examination of public policy process at federal level in the United States. Analysis of constitutional foundations of this process and the role of governmental institutions, political culture, parties, interest groups, and public opinion in policy making. Case studies of policy making and implementation in selected policy areas.
Offered in Fall Only
YEAR: Offered Alternate Years