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ALS 2000
Leadership in Campus Sustainability

This course is directed at first and second-year students who are interested in becoming leaders for sustainability on campus. Students will identify and examine critical issues that affect the Cornell ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4313 ALS 2000   LEC 001

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  • 18180 ALS 2000   DIS 201

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ALS 2100
Teams and Leaders in Action

What do effective leaders do? How do they think? How do they overcome challenges? How does your personality affect your ability to lead, and how can you use aspects of your personality to help others and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16708 ALS 2100   LEC 001

    • TBA

    • Baker, J

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning - WWW
    This is a Cornell-China College Program-Spring 2016 Semester providing on-line course to Chinese high school and college-level students.

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ALS 2200
Make Your Mark: Essential Professional Skills to Launch Your Career

Course will provide opportunities for students to identify and develop the professional skills employers and graduate and professional schools seek in college graduates. Students will engage in self-assessment ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 18181 ALS 2200   SEM 101

    • W Warren Hall 113
    • Jan 27 - Mar 18, 2016

    • DeRosa, J

      Gillespie, L

      Viands, D

  • This class is targeted to freshman and sophomore level students and is open to CALS students only. For enrollment information please email Jennifer DeRosa at jd242@cornell.edu

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ALS 2300
CALS Global Fellows International Internship Preparation Workshop

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 18998 ALS 2300   LEC 001

    • M Kennedy Hall 211
    • Mar 21 - May 11, 2016

    • Potter, C

  • Students must be accepted into the CALS Global Fellows Program to participate. Application can be found here: https://cals.cornell.edu/academics/international/programs/global-fellows-program/apply.

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ALS 3100
Foundations in Leadership: Skills for Professional Success and Life

This course frames leadership as a particular way of approaching life, one that is essential to career success as well as fulfillment in life itself. The course begins with the inner work of a leader's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3933 ALS 3100   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: Junior or senior.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3988 ALS 3100   LEC 002

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  • Prerequisite: Junior or senior.

ALS 3200
Leadership and Global Service Learning - Pre Fieldwork Course

This pre-fieldwork course examines leadership and global service-learning (GSL) themes and provides students a forum for critical reflection on community-driven service, intercultural learning, power and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ILRIC 3200

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 14960 ALS 3200   LEC 001

    • F Ives Hall 217
    • Apr 8, 2016

    • Kiely, R

  • Pre-requisite: Students must undertake study abroad, fieldwork, research, internship or community engaged service-learning (in the US or in another country) by the end of the calendar year or have permission of instructor.

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ALS 3920
New York State Government Affairs

This course is part of the Human Ecology Capital Semester Program. Students live and work in Albany as legislative aids to a NYS Senator or Assembly Member, take a course in NYS Government, and participate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HE 3920

  • 12 Credits Graded

  •  3157 ALS 3920   FLD 801

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    • TBA

    • Canfield, R

ALS 4960
Internship in Agriculture and Life Sciences

All 4960 internship courses must adhere to the CALS guidelines at cals.cornell.edu/academics/student-research/internship. Students planning internships related to the discipline of a department are encouraged ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3137 ALS 4960   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Not open to students who have earned internship credits elsewhere or in previous semesters. Students 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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ALS 4970
Independent Study in Agriculture and Life Sciences

Independent study for undergraduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  4070 ALS 4970   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies 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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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18982 ALS 4970   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Nixon, K

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ALS 4980
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Students learn and experience assisting in a course under the direction of a course instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18445 ALS 4980   TA 650

  • Students must register using the CALS Special Studies form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study).

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18446 ALS 4980   TA 651

    • TBA

    • DeRosa, J

      Gillespie, L

      Viands, D

  • Students must register using the CALS Special Studies form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study).

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ALS 4990
Undergraduate Research in Agriculture and Life Sciences

Independent research for undergraduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3079 ALS 4990   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Students must register using independent study form (available in 140 Roberts Hall).

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3889 ALS 4990   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Giles, J

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ALS 5100
Leadership Development for Life Scientists

Formal training and practice of skills required for leading people in an academic or business environment. Skills include coaching, feedback, managing conflict, fostering teamwork, creating vision, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  2669 ALS 5100   LEC 001

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  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

ALS 5780
International Teaching Assistant Development Program Course 1

Designed for international teaching assistants. This course focuses on oral communication, cross-cultural classroom dynamics, and teaching techniques. Through small group seminars, conferences with instructors, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  1708 ALS 5780   LEC 001

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  • Open to Graduate International Teaching Assistants. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed. One additional bimonthly meeting (time TBA) with instructor required.

  •  3215 ALS 5780   LEC 002

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  • Open to Graduate International Teaching Assistants. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed. One additional bimonthly meeting (time TBA) with instructor required.

  •  3216 ALS 5780   LEC 003

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  • Open to Graduate International Teaching Assistants. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment. No course audits allowed. One additional bimonthly meeting (time TBA) with instructor required.

  •  3217 ALS 5780   DIS 201

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  • (Meets 2/22, 3/14, 4/11)

  •  3218 ALS 5780   DIS 202

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  • (Meets 2/23, 3/15, 4/12)

  •  3219 ALS 5780   DIS 203

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  • (Meets 2/25, 3/17, 4/14)

  •  3220 ALS 5780   DIS 204

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  • (Meets 2/26, 3/18, 4/15)

  •  3221 ALS 5780   DIS 205

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  • (Meets 2/29, 3/21, 4/18)

  •  3222 ALS 5780   DIS 206

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  • (Meets 2/30, 3/22, 4/19)

  •  3223 ALS 5780   DIS 207

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  • (Meets 3/1, 3/23, 4/20)

  •  3224 ALS 5780   DIS 208

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  • (Meets 3/2, 3/24, 4/21)

  •  3655 ALS 5780   DIS 209

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  • (Meets 3/2, 3/24, 4/21)

  •  3962 ALS 5780   DIS 210

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  • (Meets 3/3, 3/25, 4/22)

  •  3963 ALS 5780   DIS 211

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  • (Meets 3/3, 3/25, 4/22)

ALS 6015
The Practice of Teaching in Higher Education

The course will assist graduate students prepare for a faculty position in higher education. Course assignments and activities cover effective teaching and professional development. Students will complete ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  3331 ALS 6015   LEC 001

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  3845 ALS 6015   LEC 002

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ALS 6016
Teaching as Research in Higher Education

Course will expose students to the literature on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL). Within this academic conversation about the scholarship of teaching and learning and teaching as research, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3676 ALS 6016   SEM 101

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    • M

    • Pettit, T

      Williams, K

  • Prerequisite: ALS 6015, (students participating in CTE collaborative programming (i.e. CIRTL, Teagle and future faculty programs in City and Regional Sciences and Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Research and Teaching Fellowship Program) may be required to enroll in this course in order to complete their program requirements. This course is part of the fulfillment of the CTE Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Graduate Research and Teaching Fellowship Program. It will also be part of CIRTL offerings and is being considered for requirements for an additional group of Teagle grant participants.)