NTRES 4150

Conservation with Communities for One Health

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This course integrates life, social, and medical sciences with the humanities to explore the concept of "One Health", the idea that the health of the environment, animals, and people are all inextricably linked. The course provides a comprehensive framework that enables students to critically examine varied perspectives and expand their view of the world, skills that are essential to a career in the interdisciplinary fields of One Health, Planetary Health and Conservation Medicine. The course also serves as a preparatory course for a subset of students who will be selected for international field experiences to work with communities to conserve endangered rhinoceroses and great apes with our partners in Indonesia (Ujung Kulon National Park and Alliance of Integrated Forest Conservation) and Africa (Jane Goodall Institute).

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: BIOEE 2670/NTRES 2670 or VTMED 6735.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY, EC-SAP)

• Students will use basic vocabulary linking the One Health disciplines to explore the history of conservation and human impacts on the earth.
• Students will be able to articulate basic principles associated with each of the three components of "One Health": environmental health, animal health, human health – and identify their intersections and interactions with art and culture, the humanities, government and policy and the social sciences.
• Students will synthesize, reflect on, and think critically about the ways in which ecological and social dimensions relate to One Health.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the impact of language, art, history and governance on conservation and communities.
• Students will be able to integrate and apply concepts across disciplines to explore and develop strategies to support conservation and communities.
• Students will be able to reflect on and analyze their own biases and belief systems to develop a foundation for meaningful engaged learning.
• Upon completion of this course, students will be able to collaborate effectively in a team across disciplines to analyze real-world challenges and propose comprehensive solutions using concepts learned in class.

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