International Agriculture & Rural Development (IARD)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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IARD 2020
Perspectives on International Agriculture and Rural Development

Designed to enable students to gain an understanding of major issues in international agricultural development. The course provides an overview of world poverty and hunger and of varying perspectives on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 2020

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1204 IARD 2020   LEC 001

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IARD 4000
Feeding the World: The Biological and Quantitative Analyses of Livestock and Crop Systems

The purpose of this course is to leave Cornell students from any major with a deep and quantitative understanding of the agricultural systems that feed the world today, others that fed the world during ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ANSC 4000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4480 IARD 4000   LEC 001

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    Recommended prerequisite: at least one course in biology, in agriculture or in economics.

  •  4481 IARD 4000   LAB 401

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IARD 4011
Student-Community Partnerships in Ecuador I

Partners students with community practitioners in a rural region of Ecuador and prepares them for a service trip to Ecuador during Winter break. The class will expose students to a community that has rejected ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LATA 4011

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17050 IARD 4011   LEC 001

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    Prerequisites: Junior, Senior or Graduate students. International Experience and some conversational Spanish preferred.

  • 17051 IARD 4011   LAB 401

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IARD 4020
Agriculture in Developing Nations I

Acquaint students with the major issues and problems in international agriculture and rural development and to demonstrate how problems in development are being addressed in India and Thailand. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FDSC 4020

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  1411 IARD 4020   LEC 001

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    Enrollment preference given to: juniors and seniors.

IARD 4030
Traditional Agriculture in Developing Nations

Half the world's arable land is farmed by traditional farmers who have produced food and fiber for millennia with few outside inputs. Many of these practices are forgotten but some are still used by farmers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CSS 4030

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1491 IARD 4030   LEC 001

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IARD 4050
Patents, Plants, and Profits: Intellectual Property Management for Scientists and Entrepreneurs

Covers statutory protection (copyright, trademarks, patents, plant variety protection), contracts (from material transfer to licensing), management of IP (e.g., freedom-to-operate, valuation, genetic resources, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: PLBR 4050

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16793 IARD 4050   LEC 001

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    • TR Warren Hall 113
    • Aug 26 - Oct 23, 2014

    • Cahoon, R

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IARD 4140
Tropical Cropping Systems: Biodiversity, Social, and Environmental Impacts

This course is divided into 4 sections. The first part looks at characterization of natural, physical and social resources including climate, water, soil and socio-economic factors and their importance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: CSS 4140

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1495 IARD 4140   LEC 001

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    Prerequisite: interest in agriculture and tropical cropping systems.

  •  1496 IARD 4140   LAB 401

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IARD 4303
The GMO Debate: Science and Society

Biotechnology is a broad term for the tools used to alter living organisms for human purposes. Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology) is one class of methods used in biotechnology. Private sector ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 15859 IARD 4303   LEC 001

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    • TR Emerson Hall 135

    • Davidson Evanega, S

      Davies, P

      Herring, R

      Hobbs, P

      Thies, J

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  • 15860 IARD 4303   DIS 201

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    • TBA

    • Davidson Evanega, S

      Davies, P

      Herring, R

      Hobbs, P

      Thies, J

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  • 15861 IARD 4303   DIS 202

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    • TBA

    • Davidson Evanega, S

      Davies, P

      Herring, R

      Hobbs, P

      Thies, J

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  • 17996 IARD 4303   DIS 203

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    • TBA

    • Davidson Evanega, S

      Davies, P

      Herring, R

      Hobbs, P

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IARD 4960
International Internship in International Agriculture

International internship, supervised by a faculty member who is directly involved in determining both the course content and in evaluating a student's work. The student researches and initiates an appropriate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit SX/UX(SUX)

  •  1514 IARD 4960   IND 601

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    • Staff

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    See CALS internship policies and submit approved submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#special-studies). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

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IARD 4970
Independent Study in IARD

Allows students the opportunity to investigate special interests that are not treated in regularly scheduled courses. The student develops a plan of study to pursue under the direction of a faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1515 IARD 4970   IND 601

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    Students from all colleges must submit an Independent Study Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

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IARD 4980
Teaching Experience in International Agriculture and Rural Development

This course enables undergraduate students to get valuable teaching experience in any one of the IARD courses for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4883 IARD 4980   TA 651

    • TBA

    • Staff

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    Previous enrollment in the course to be taught or other appropriate previous training and experience. Students from all colleges must submit an Independent Study Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

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IARD 5970
Independent Study in IARD (for M.P.S. Students)

Allows M.P.S. students the opportunity to investigate special interests that are not treated in regularly scheduled courses. The student develops a plan of study to pursue under the direction of a faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4547 IARD 5970   IND 601

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    • TBA

    • Hobbs, P

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4598 IARD 5970   IND 602

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    • TBA

    • Pinstrup-Andersen, P

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4786 IARD 5970   IND 603

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    • TBA

    • Nelson, R

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5186 IARD 5970   IND 604

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    • TBA

    • Gomez, M

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IARD 5980
International Development M.P.S. Project Paper

A problem-solving project entailing either fieldwork and/or library work for MPS students. The aim of the project is to give students supervised experience in dealing intellectually and analytically with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1205 IARD 5980   FLD 801

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    • TBA

    • Kyle, S

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    Enrollment limited to: M.P.S. candidates in field of international development (ID). 6 credits may be applied toward M.P.S. degree.

IARD 5990
International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Paper

A problem-solving project entailing either fieldwork and/or library work for MPS students. The aim of the project is to give students supervised experience in dealing intellectually and analytically with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1206 IARD 5990   FLD 801

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    • TBA

    • Kyle, S

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    Enrollment limited to: M.P.S. candidates in field of international agriculture and rural development (IARD). Maximum of 6 credits may be applied toward M.P.S. degree requirements.

IARD 6010
Experience Latin America II (Chiapa Edition)

Designed to provide students with an opportunity to observe the rich living cultures, environments, ecologies, rural and urban communities, and development issues in tropical southern Mexico. Also designed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 6010

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4655 IARD 6010   LEC 001

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IARD 6960
Perspectives in International Development

A variety of speakers present seminars on international development topics relating to sustainable development throughout the world. Students attend each seminar and submit a five-page essay at the end ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AEM 6960, CSS 6960, NTRES 6960

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1454 IARD 6960   SEM 101

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IARD 6970
International Development M.P.S. Seminar

A seminar for M.P.S. students to discuss important issues in international development and to prepare themselves to write their project papers. Specific content varies. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: IARD 6990

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1207 IARD 6970   SEM 101

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    Enrollment limited to: M.P.S. students.

IARD 6980
Teaching Experience for MPS in International Agriculture and Rural Development

This course enables MPS students to get valuable teaching experience in any one of the IARD courses for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16664 IARD 6980   TA 651

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    • TBA

    • Staff

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    Sign into your faculty member's section.

IARD 6990
International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Seminar

Provides students with the opportunity to develop and present their special projects. Also serves as a forum for discussion of current issues in low-income agricultural and rural development, with particular ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: IARD 6970

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1208 IARD 6990   SEM 101

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    Enrollment limited to and required for: M.P.S. IARD students or permission of instructor.