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2016-2017 University Catalog 
    
2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Veterinary Medicine

  
  • VM 41003 - International Veterinary Medicine For The Veterinary Technician-Directed Experience


    Credit Hours: 0.50 to 2.00. This course allows veterinary technology students to participate in a unique faculty/staff-led veterinary learning experience in an international location. Credit will be assigned on the basis of 0.5 credit for each 45-60 hours of student effort, up to a max of 2 credits. In most instances, one week of experience will equal 0.5 credit. Each veterinary learning experience will be designed by the faculty/staff leader to accomplish specific learning goals in the focused area of study. The course will vary in length from 1-4 weeks depending on the specific experience. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • VM 42500 - Veterinary Technician Grand Rounds


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Provides a regular forum to bring those in the college together, focused around their common interest in veterinary medicine. Case-based presentations emphasize the basic pathophysiology of disease and clinical investigation and demonstrate the interactions between the clinical and basic sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 44100 - Occupational And Public Health For Veterinary Technicians


    Credit Hours: 1.00. The course covers selected aspects of public health and safety related to the veterinary health care team, patient, client and public. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 44200 - Management II


    Credit Hours: 1.50. This course is a continuation of the first veterinary practice management course. It will introduce students to concepts related to leading a veterinary medical team and managing the day-to-day management of the veterinary practice. Emphasis will be on human resources, marketing and financial management. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 44300 - Clinic Rotations VI


    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course will provide clinical learning situations for developing techniques required for veterinary technicians in surgery, medical nursing, clinical pathology, radiology, pharmacy, and ancillary areas. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 44400 - Veterinary Technology Clinical Orientation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an intensive experience and clinical orientation to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital for graduates from another AVMA accredited Veterinary Technology program who wish to complete a BS degree at Purdue University. This course is a four week long, full day rotation (40 hours per week). Typically offered Summer.
  
  • VM 44500 - Veterinary Technology Senior Project


    Credit Hours: 4.00. This is an independent study course in which the student engages in learning activities to enhance their knowledge in a particular area of veterinary technology of their choosing, demonstrate effective oral and written communication, and apply analysis, integration, and syntheses to achieve a solution. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 45000 - Animals In Emergencies-Disaster Management


    Credit Hours: 1.00. The course is intended to assist animal care providers in understanding the incident command system and developing plans that improve the care of and mitigating the impact of disasters on livestock and pets. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 45100 - Contemporary Topics In Life Skills


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course will introduce the student to a variety of different skills needed to be successful after graduating from college. It will introduce students to concepts related to managing a job search and evaluating job offers, establishing and using credit, investing, saving, risk assessment and managing college debt. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 45200 - Managing Human Resources In Veterinary Medicine


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course will focus on a variety of different topics specifically related to human resources management in the veterinary clinic and will build upon the concepts presented in VM 44200 . It will introduce students to concepts related to the interviewing and hiring process, motivating employees, using rewards and incentives, leadership and power, training employees, EEOC and employment laws, performance appraisals, progressive discipline and harassment in the workplace. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 45300 - The Role Of The Clinical Research Technician


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is aimed for the student with a strong interest in clinical trial research. The student will gain a broader knowledge of regulatory bodies involved in research and the vital team role the clinical research technician/nurse plays during clinical trials. The student will gain exposure to histology preparations, microtome use and immuno-histological staining procedures as well as receiving clinical cases from current oncology trials. Enrollment will be capped to four students per semester. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 45400 - Animal Rehabilitation And Physiotherapy


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is an introduction to physical rehabilitation of the veterinary patient. It is designed to instruct students in the basic principles of rehabilitation. This course will introduce the fundamentals needed in clinical practice. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 45500 - Equine Behavior For The Veterinary Technician


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is an in-depth look at equine behavior beyond the basics covered in the nursing courses. It is designed to show how the environment in which the horse is kept can affect its behavior. This course will also demonstrate how the study of behavior is applied in equine welfare and to the solution of practical problems and problem behavior in the equine patient. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 45600 - Advanced Ophthalmology For Veterinary Technicians


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is an in-depth look at ocular anatomy and physiology, use of exam equipment, diagnostic techniques, imaging, pharmacology, surgical instrument identification, cleaning, and care of instruments, surgical nursing, surgical procedures, anesthesia protocols and concerns that are associated with these procedures. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 45700 - Advanced Neurology For Veterinary Medicine


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course will focus on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as well as explore a variety of common neurologic diseases and the basic pathophysiology behind those disease processes. Students will also learn proper nursing care techniques associated with patients with these diseases. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 45800 - Advanced Surgical Nursing And Anesthesia


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is an in-depth look at small animal surgical nursing, surgical procedures, surgical instrumentation, wound management and the physiological reason certain anesthetic protocols are used. Students will learn using a variety of teaching modalities. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 49000 - Topics In Veterinary Medicine


    Credit Hours: 0.50 to 5.00. Advanced study in the field of animal health and practice of veterinary medicine. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 80900 - International Veterinary Medicine


    Credit Hours: 0.5. The course will consist of eight lectures addressing international aspects of the following topics: zoonotic diseases, food hygiene, biosecurity, animal welfare, animal husbandry, infectious diseases, cultural competence, veterinary medical education, and role of international organizations in animal health. Participating students will be required to choose an internationally relevant topic of interest to research. The last session of the course will be a poster session in which each student will present and discuss a poster. The posters will be evaluated by a panel of 3-4 faculty members and a grade assessed. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 81000 - Veterinary Externship


    Credit Hours: 6.00. A six-week or 280-contact-hour work experience, under the direct supervision of a veterinarian, in a facet of veterinary medicine selected as a career goal by the student. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 81001 - International Externship


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. This course will allow veterinary students to establish a unique veterinary learning experience in their area of interest in an international location. Each veterinary learning experience will be designed by the student with input from faculty advisor and the professor of record. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 81002 - Veterinary Medicine Service Learning-VIDA


    Credit Hours: 2.00. This 10 day service learning study abroad program is designed for veterinary students to gain practical experience by performing spay neuters of small animals as well as addressing wellness needs of both small and large animals. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • VM 81003 - International Veterinary Medicine- Directed Experience


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. This course allows veterinary students to participate in a unique faculty-led veterinary learning experience in an international location. Credit will be assigned on the basis of 1 credit for each 45-50 hours of student effort up to a maximum of 6 credits. In most instances, one week of experience will equal one credit. Each veterinary learning experience will be designed by the faculty leader to accomplish specific learning goals in the focuses area of study. The course will be offered in the summer and will vary in length from 1-6 weeks depending on the specific experience. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • VM 82000 - Applications And Integrations I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Small group tutorial, problem-oriented approach to understanding how basic science concepts are integrated into clinical aspects of veterinary medicine. Students are expected to identify learning issues, resolve identified gaps in their knowledge base, integrate information across disciplines, and practice/develop problem-solving skills using simulated case materials and research problems. Evaluation of students will be based upon, but not limited to, tutorial group evaluation, peer evaluation, self-evaluation, and a comprehensive content and process examination. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 82500 - Grand Rounds


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Provides a regular forum to bring those in the school together, focused around their common interest in veterinary medicine. Case-based presentations emphasize the basic pathophysiology of disease and clinical investigation and demonstrate the interactions between the clinical and basic sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 83000 - Applications And Integrations II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Small group tutorial, problem-oriented approach to understanding how basic science concepts are integrated into clinical aspects of veterinary medicine. Students are expected to identify learning issues, resolve identified gaps in their knowledge base, integrate information across disciplines, and practice/develop problem-solving skills using simulated case materials and research problems at a higher level of performance than in VM 82000 . Evaluation of students will be based upon, but not limited to, tutorial group evaluation, peer evaluation, self-evaluation, and a comprehensive content and process examination that will include material from VM 82000 . Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 84000 - Applications And Integrations III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Small group tutorial, problem-oriented approach to understanding how basic science concepts are integrated into clinical aspects of veterinary medicine. Students are expected to identify learning issues, resolve identified gaps in their knowledge base, integrate information across disciplines, and practice/develop problem-solving skills using simulated case materials and research problems at a higher level of performance than in VM 83000 . Evaluation of students will be based upon, but not limited to, tutorial group evaluation, peer evaluation, self-evaluation, and a comprehensive content and process examination that will include material from the two previous semesters of this course. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 85000 - Applications and Integrations IV


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Small group tutorial, problem-oriented approach to understanding how basic science concepts are integrated into clinical aspects of veterinary medicine. Students are expected to identify learning issues, resolve identified gaps in their knowledge base, integrate information across disciplines, and practice/develop problem-solving skills using simulated case materials and research problems at a higher level of performance than in VM 82000 , VM 83000 , and VM 84000 . Evaluation of students will be based upon, but not limited to, tutorial group evaluation, peer evaluation, self-evaluation, and a comprehensive content and process examination that will include material fromVM 82000 , VM 83000 , and VM 84000 . The final examination will contain an oral component. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • VM 86000 - Early Origins Of Veterinary Medicine Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Students will study the very early origins of man’s fascination with animals from the Paleolithic era, and the roots of veterinary medicine in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and East and South Asia. Particular attention will be paid to works of art that help demonstrate man’s fascination with animals and their well-being. This course is appropriate for students with no previous study of history or art history. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 86500 - History Of Veterinary Medicine From Marshals, Horse Doctors, Cow Leeches, The First Schools Of VM


    Credit Hours: 1.00. The students will study the history of marshals, horse doctors, cow leeches, and authors, an emphasis on the launching of European veterinary education with a rationale for a veterinary profession, and the history of the first official schools of veterinary medicine in France (Lyon and Alfort), concluding with the history of the increasing demand for veterinary schools. Particular attention will be paid to works that help demonstrate man’s fascination with animals and their well-being. This course is appropriate for students with no previous study of history or art history. Special note: This syllabus and course schedule is subject to revisions as needed throughout the semester. Students will be given advance notice of any change. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 86600 - Pathogenic Bacteria, Viruses, Mayhew, Darwin, And Mendel


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Students will study the golden age of pathogenic bacteriology from the 1860s to the end of the nineteenth century; the discovery of viruses; the development of immunological products; intractable vector-borne hemoprotozoal parasitic diseases; horse-doctoring in the nineteenth century; care of animals used in transport, war and sport; and will conclude with Darwin’s natural selection and Mendel’s fractional inheritance. Particular attention will be paid to works that help demonstrate man’s fascination with animals and their well-being. This course is appropriate for students with no previous study of history or art history. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 86700 - Veterinary Medicine Comes Of Age


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Students will study early veterinary contributions to biomedical science; how livestock production was enhanced by veterinary specialists; companion animal medicine; bioethics, animal experimentation, and sentience; overcoming the exclusion of women, and the evolving spectrum of opportunity in veterinary careers. Particular attention will be paid to works that help demonstrate man’s fascination with animals and their well-being. This course is appropriate for students with no previous study of history or art history. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • VM 87000 - History Of Veterinary Medicine From The Ancient Greeks Through The Renaissance Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. The students will study the contributions of the ancient Greeks and Romans to the development of animal doctors. The veterinary highpoint during the Byzantine Empire and Arabian medical and veterinary progress will also be studied. Animals in the Dark Ages, equine and canine medicine in Medieval Europe, and the Italian roots of the Renaissance in medical sciences will be studied. Particular attention will be paid to works of art that help demonstrate man’s fascination with animals and their well-being. This course is appropriate for students with no previous study of history or art history. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 87800 - Swine Herd Health And Diagnostic Pathology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Arrange total clinic hours 129. Advanced training and experience in working with swine herds on a herd health management program (see VCS 87800 , 129 clinic hours) and advanced training in diagnostic approaches to identification of the causes and pathogenesis of disease of mammals (see VCS 88600 , 129 clinic hours). Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 89000 - Topics In Veterinary Medicine


    Credit Hours: 0.50 to 5.00. Advanced study in the field of animal health and practice of veterinary medicine. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 89100 - Special Topics In Veterinary Medicine Arranged


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Opportunities for as many as 50 off-campus, three-week blocks are available for each fourth-year class. Only educational experiences that have no comparable coverage in the Purdue DVM curriculum will be acceptable. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 89200 - Principles Of Professionalism, Jurisprudence, And Ethics


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Presentation/discussion format dealing with a broad spectrum of ethical, legal, and professional issues that impact the veterinary profession. Students are challenged to analyze the role they play as responsible members of the veterinary professional community. Typically offered Fall Summer.
  
  • VM 89400 - International Veterinary Medicine- Directed Clinical Experience


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. This course allows veterinary students to participate in a unique faculty-led veterinary learning experience in an international location. Credit will be assigned on the basis of 1 credit for each 45-50 hours of student effort up to a maximum of 3 credits. In most instances, one week of experience will equal one credit. Each veterinary learning experience will be designed by the faculty leader to accomplish specific learning goals in the focuses area of study. The course will be offered at various times during the clinical year and will vary in length from 1-3 weeks depending on the specific experience. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • VM 89401 - Clinical Rotation In Small Animal Medicine In Switzerland


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a 3-credit clinical rotation. A faculty member will lead this elective 3-week clinical rotation in Switzerland. Students will spend one week each participating in rotations in small animal medicine and related disciplines at the University of Zurich, University of Bern, and one or two private veterinary clinics in Switzerland or southern Germany. The Purdue faculty member leading the rotation each year will spend one week at each rotation site. During time that the Purdue faculty member is not with the students at rotation sites, on-site mentors will supervise the students’ clinical expereince. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • VM 89500 - Clinical Applications


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Introduction to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) and the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Students rotate through various sections of the VTH and participate in the evaluation and management of patients. Problem-solving skills and application of material from the basic sciences are emphasized. Typically offered Fall.

Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies

  
  • WGSS 28000 - Women’s Studies: An Introduction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory survey of the concepts and research data in the new scholarship on women. Topics covered include biology, sexuality, socialization, family and work, creativity, and politics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 28100 - Selected Topics In Women’s, Gender, And Sexuality Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines in-depth particular topics from the introductory course in Women’s Studies. It addresses gender issues for both men and women. Possible topics include gender and popular culture, women’s bodies, body image, and health, masculinities, queering gender and gender transgression. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 28200 - Introduction To LGBT Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ANTH 28200 ) This course offers students an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives. It provides a basic grounding in theories of sexuality and LGBT histories, identities and movements in the U.S. and globally. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 38000 - Gender And Multiculturalism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course expands students’ understanding of gender issues by exploring the multicultural diversity of women’s lives. It examines how race, class, sexuality, and culture interact and shape society and ecology in the United States and in a global context. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 38100 - Women Of Color In The United States


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores the diversity of racial and ethnic groups in the United States with a particular emphasis on the histories, experiences, and cultural contributions of women of color. Provides a broad introduction to the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 38200 - Love, Sex And Sexuality


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores intimate relationships and marriage practices in Western and non-Western societies from a historical and comparative perspective. Examines the changes in love and marriage in Greco-Roman societies, medieval and modern Europe, China, India and the Muslim world, among others. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • WGSS 38300 - Women And Work


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines race, class and gender issues as they affect working women in America. Covering women’s work from domestic labor to informal economies to factories, topics include women’s participation in trade unions, wage inequalities, family leave policies and sexual harassment. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 39000 - Selected Topics In Women’s, Gender And Sexuality Studies


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Selected topics under the direction of an instructor in a particular field of specialization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • WGSS 43000 - Women In African History


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (HIST 43000 ) African women’s history is rich and deeply layered. In this course, we will examine the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural experiences of women living in Africa. Although we look at women in the pre-colonial and slave trade eras, the focus will be on women during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Much of our reading and discussion will consider not only women, but also gender as we think about women’s interactions with men and children. This course is concerned with the historical forces shaping African women’s lives, as well as with ways in which women have been active agents in the making of their own histories. Students can expect to engage with a number of different types of texts (e.g. firms, novels, scholarly analyses, and primary sources.) Typically offered Fall, Spring.
  
  • WGSS 48000 - Feminist Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of a variety of contemporary and international feminist theories from an interdisciplinary perspective. Provides an overview of major trends, critical approaches, and diverse viewpoints in the field of feminist theory. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 48200 - Interdisciplinary Studies In Sexuality: Scholarship On Lesbian And Gay Issues


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to recent work in lesbian and gay studies in various fields, including literature, history, film, cultural theory, medicine, law, and studies of sexuality. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 48300 - Feminisms In Global Perspective


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores feminist struggles through the writings of First and Third World feminist scholars. Focuses on feminist projects within and against colonial, nationalist, religious and global contexts. Includes Third World feminist critiques of Western feminisms. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 49200 - Practicum In Women’s Studies


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. This course is designed to integrate knowledge derived from women’s studies scholarship with practical experience. Students will define their own projects in consultation with women’s studies faculty. Periodic conferences and written reports required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • WGSS 49900 - Independent Study In Women’s, Gender And Sexuality Studies


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Special topics or projects under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of specialization. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • WGSS 58500 - Feminist Art Criticism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (AD 58500) Analysis and discussion of feminist approaches in judging art, the representation of women in art and the concept of a female aesthetic, the role of gender, race, and class in the art criticism discourse, and the impact of feminism on women artists. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 59900 - Selected Topics In Women’s Gender And Sexuality Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of selected topics taught by an instructor in whose particular field of specialization the content of the course falls. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • WGSS 68000 - Feminist Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on feminist theories at an advanced level and in a global perspective. Graduate students engage with key theoretical issues in contemporary feminist studies, and examine how feminist scholars have theorized women and gender issues across disciplines. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 68100 - Contemporary Issues In Feminist Scholarship


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Applies feminist theory, knowledge, and methods to the examination of selected contemporary issues. Emphasizes ways in which theory and practice interact in feminist scholarship. Content may vary according to the issues examined. Prerequisite: WGSS 68000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • WGSS 68200 - Issues In Feminist Research And Methodology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a methodological framework for theorizing, constructing and executing research from a feminist perspective. Students acquire knowledge of the diversity of feminist research projects and methods; they learn to pose research questions; and they will be able to prepare a research or grant proposal drawing on interdisciplinary methods. The course is designed to meet the needs of graduate students in Women’s Studies and is open to students in other programs who are interested in feminist research. The course deals with both theoretical and practical issues in methodology. Prerequisites: WGSS 68000 . Typically offered Spring.

Youth Development and Agricultural Education

  
  • YDAE 15200 - Agricultural Communication Seminar


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to agricultural communication as a professional field, including its current status and role within the larger U.S. mass media system. The course will also provide an overview of career options and professional skills and competencies required of agricultural communicators. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 24000 - Seminar In Agricultural Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of an understanding of the origin, scope, and objectives of agricultural education; role of the agricultural science and business teacher as a professional educator; basic responsibilities of a teacher of agricultural science and business; and significance of legislation affecting agricultural education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 29000 - Special Problems In Youth Development And Agricultural Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Open primarily to freshmen and sophomores who desire to study special problems in agricultural communication, agricultural education, life science education, extension education, leadership education or youth development not covered in regular coursework. To be arranged with instructor or departmental representative prior to registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • YDAE 31800 - Coordination Of Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Record keeping and supervisory skills needed to advise and coordinate supervised agricultural experience programs for secondary agricultural science and business students. Integration of supervised agricultural experiences with programming in youth organizations and classroom instruction for secondary agricultural science and business classrooms. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 31900 - Planning Agricultural Science And Business Programs


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of course content plans that coordinate and utilize agricultural science and business, community resources, FFA, and supervised agricultural experience programs. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • YDAE 35900 - Leadership In Developing The Agricultural Professional


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Leadership skills that enhance effectiveness of the agricultural professional. Students develop leadership skills through course activities and content that concentrate on team building, understanding communicating, time management, motivational skills, and goal setting. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 38500 - Urban Service-Learning


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Using service-learning as a pedagogy, students will have the opportunity to deepen and expand classroom learning through thoughtful, collaborative engagement with community, organizations, agencies and/or educational institutions and the people they serve. This course will offer opportunities to engage complex, real-world problems and to test the efficacy of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to finding solutions. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • YDAE 40000 - Agricultural Education Study Abroad


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Utilized to record credits earned through participation in Purdue study abroad programs with cooperating foreign universities. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • YDAE 44000 - Methods Of Teaching Agricultural Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles and procedures for teaching agricultural science and business in public schools. Must be admitted to teacher education program. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 44100 - Field Experience In Agricultural Education Programs


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Field experience in agricultural science and business programs to include observation and participation in the teaching process and program development activities. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 46000 - Agricultural Publishing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Learning experiences in all phases of agricultural publishing, including audience analysis, generating story ideas, researching, interviewing, writing, editing, photography, page design, desktop publishing, printing specifications and estimates, and distribution. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • YDAE 48000 - Agricultural Communication Capstone Seminar


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Prepares graduating students for entry to the workplace, assesses and enhances their communication knowledge and skills, and provides project experiences that will demonstrate their ability to communicate scientific and technical information through a variety of media. Projects will include student presentations and magazine style articles on issues of concern to agricultural and general audiences; and a final project that requires students to conceive and create a web site that uses converging media to communicate effectively a topical issue. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 49000 - Special Problems


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Open to undergraduates who desire to study special problems in agricultural communications, agricultural education, or youth development not covered in regular coursework. To be arranged with the instructor or departmental representative prior to registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 49100 - Special Topics In Youth Development And Agricultural Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Designed for specialized topic areas for which there is no specific course, but have enough student interest to justify formalized teaching of an undergraduate-level course. The course may be repeated by a student as long as the topic being taught is not repeated. The specific topic that is offered will be indicated on the student’s record. To be arranged with the instructor or departmental representative prior to registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 49700 - Thesis Research


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. For Honors students only doing specialized youth development and agricultural education research. Arrange with academic advisor and honors research coordinator before registering. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 49900 - Special Problems In Agricultural Communication


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Application of principles of mass communication in the production of agriculturally related news, feature, and magazine articles, radio and television reports, photographs, and publications in the Department of Agricultural Communication Service. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • YDAE 52000 - Foundations Of Agricultural Education, Extension, And Communication


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical analysis of the historical and philosophical assumptions, current strategic intents and relevant policies underpinning the discipline of agricultural education - inclusive of Extension education and agricultural communication - and project the impact existing economic, social and political issues may have in this field in the next 15 to 25 years. Offered odd years. Instructor permission required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 54000 - Program Development In Agricultural And Extension Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of principles of agricultural and extension education. Emphasis on program development, supervised experience programs, and effective organization of an agricultural and extension education program. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 54200 - Introduction To Agricultural Biotechnology For Educators


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (HORT 54200 ) This course is offered, via distance education, to help formal and informal educators understand how transgenic organisms are produced, as well as to enable them to teach science and issues surrounding agricultural biotechnology. Typically offered Summer.
  
  • YDAE 55500 - Principles Of Extension Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the origin, scope, function, objectives, and organization of the cooperative extension service, including a thorough analysis of the work of the extension educator and career opportunities. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • YDAE 56500 - Principles Of Adult Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDCI 56500 ) Principles of adult education applied to helping adults learn, evaluating their performance, and determining their needs. Examines history, philosophy, and research of adult education. Explores techniques required in design and delivery of instruction for adults. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • YDAE 59000 - Special Problems


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. A study of special problems in agricultural communications, agricultural education, or youth development not covered in regular coursework. To be arranged with the instructor or departmental representative prior to registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 59100 - Special Topics


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Specialized topics not covered in other courses. Topics, requirements, and credits to be determined yearly. To be arranged with the instructor or departmental representative prior to registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 59500 - Internship In Agricultural And Extension Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 10.00. A special course designed to provide practical field experience under professional supervision in selected situation related to the student’s area of specialization. Amount of credit to be determined by the nature and extent of the assignment. To be arranged with the instructor of departmental representative prior to registering. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 62000 - Adolescent Development In Context


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a graduate level seminar of major issues concerning adolescents, with attention to developmental perspective. The social ecology of adolescent development-an understanding of adolescents in their social contexts- is emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 64000 - Courses Of Study In Agricultural Education Programs


    Credit Hours: 2.00 to 4.00. Principles and procedures of curriculum construction applied to development and organization for courses of study in agricultural science and business. Typically offered Summer Spring.
  
  • YDAE 64200 - Seminar In Agricultural And Extension Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Identification and analysis of contemporary programs used in agricultural and extension education. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • YDAE 64300 - Current Issues In Agricultural And Extension Education


    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Examination of current issues in agricultural and extension education. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • YDAE 64400 - YDAE Graduate Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Students are familiarized with planning and presenting YDAE research through written and oral presentations based on the student’s proposed thesis topic. Weekly attendance and participation at seminars help graduate students use appropriate and effective presentation skills, understand expectations regarding responsible conduct of research, and learn about current topics in YDAE related research areas. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • YDAE 68100 - Research Design For Social Scientists


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The goal of the course is to examine social science theories and research designs in the contexts of agricultural and natural resources education, communication and engagement. Students will develop understanding of the chain of reasoning and create a research design to study a problem of interest. Students will apply the concepts they learned in a research methods course by critiquing research manuscripts and creating a rationale for a research proposal. After taking the course, students should have gained understanding of how research designs are thoughtfully and argumentatively justified to study a researchable problem in informal, non-formal, and formal educational contexts and other social science contexts. Pre-or-Corequisite: FNR 58000 or EDPS 53300 (or instructor’s permission for graduate-level social science research methods course). Typically offered Summer.
  
  • YDAE 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • YDAE 69900 - Research PhD Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.0 to 18.0. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
 

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