NRES 598

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Experimental course on a special topic in natural resources and environmental sciences.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

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NRES 598 class schedule data for summer 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39318	Online	XM5	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Sandiford, G	Part of Term: SF Date Range: 05/15/17-08/03/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Environmental Communication Section Info: Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) restrictions and assessments apply, see https://online.illinois.edu. Whether we’re following a Twitter feed, watching the television news, or visiting the local mall, messages about “the environment” daily permeate our minds.How are such forms of communication created? How might they affect our perspectives, understanding, and even behavior in regard to environmental issues?This course explores such questions about environmental communication, while also immersing you in real-life material, and even transforming you into an environment journalist for a day. Drawing primarily from the discipline of communication, it opens with some core concepts about the social construction of terms like ‘environment’ and ‘nature’ and ‘science’. Then three sections focus on representations of nature in popular culture, green advertising, environment as news, and a set of case studies. The course alternates weekly between scholarly readings and experiential assignments that help you apply theories and concepts. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Crop Sciences -UIUC, MS: Agricultural Educ -UIUC, MS:Nat Res Env Sci -UIUC, or NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC.
	39328	Online	XM6	7:00PM -9:00PM	T	n.a.	Johnston, T	Date Range: 05/18/17-07/26/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Princ Environmental Toxicology Section Info: Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) restrictions and assessments apply, see https://online.illinois.edu. Online scheduled class sessions require each student to have high speed internet access and either a headset with microphone or an external microphone and speakers so they may participate in the class discussions. Wireless internet is not recommended. This course is a comprehensive examination of environmental contaminant pathways into the environment, fate and effect of toxic substances resulting from human activities, and ecosystem effects of contaminants. Topics include an introduction to basic principles of toxicology, discussion of differences in species’ response to toxicants, survey of major classes of toxicants, environmental exposures, toxicants in consumer products, and ecotoxicology. We will address research techniques for both human health and ecotoxicology, as well as measures to reduce exposure and remediate contaminated systems. Students will learn how to interpret toxicological data and analyze results. By the end of the course, students should have a basic understanding of toxicological pathways, biological effects, and environmental consequences and be able to apply this knowledge to a variety of current environmental toxicology situations. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Crop Sciences -UIUC, MS: Agricultural Educ -UIUC, MS:Nat Res Env Sci -UIUC, or NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC.