ANSC 4940

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ANSC 4940
Special Topics in Animal Science

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

The department teaches "trial" courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the department before the semester begins. Courses offered under the number will be approved by the department curriculum committee, and the same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: undergraduates.

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Communicate Animal Science

  •  3022 ANSC 4940   LAB 401

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Course that provides students the training and ability to enhance public literacy of domestic animal agriculture. Class participants will work together to develop a pre-recorded podcast called “Ruminate On This”, which will serve as a public engagement platform to connect scientists with communities that care to learn more about animals in agriculture. Students will identify gaps in scientific knowledge, pinpoint common misconceptions, survey and interview researchers and concerned community members, develop narratives for recording, provide narration, edit audio recordings, respond to public questions and comments via social media, and perform routine assessments. Podcasts will be centered on the dairy industry and may include discussions focused contemporary farm management, sustainability initiatives, antibiotic resistance, dairy foods and human health, population growth and dairy food security, and climate change.

Syllabi:

  •   Seven Week - First.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ANSC 6940

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Intro Captive Raptor Husbandry

  • 20258 ANSC 4940   LEC 002

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course will provide students with an introduction to captive raptor management. The course structure will include a weekly classroom lecture and hands-on laboratory training session utilizing resident birds of prey and facilities of the Cornell Raptor Program. Topics of instruction will include natural history and adaptations of various bird of prey species, safe handling of captive raptors, nutritional requirements, health care, behavior and training, and the ethics of maintaining captive raptors.

  • 20259 ANSC 4940   LAB 402

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20260 ANSC 4940   LAB 403

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Intro Captive Raptor Husbandry

  • 20440 ANSC 4940   LAB 404

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Ag Study Trip to California

  • 20262 ANSC 4940   LEC 003

    • TBA
    • Oct 20 - Dec 18, 2021

    • Van Amburgh, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    The purpose of the study trip is to expose students to the scale and scope of food production in the Central Valley of California. The trip focuses on all types of food production from almonds and other nuts to cotton, grapes, tomatoes, carrots, citrus, feedlots, dairy farms, cheese plants and farmers markets in San Francisco. The students learn about water rights, water scarcity, land use regulations, air emissions, food insecurity and food production in one of the largest and most agriculturally diverse regions in the world. The students will prepare by learning about the diversity of the region and after the trip, will write a summary paper explaining what they observed and how it fits into their perspective of food production. For example, the carrot grower produces organic carrots in 500 to 3,000 acre fields on an industrial scale but meeting all of the organic requirements. This is not consistent with how most consumers view food production with that label, so having the students understand and write about that is informative. The students will also interact with a large group of agriculture professionals during evening meals while on the trip.

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