International Agriculture & Rural Development (IARD)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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IARD 4010
Experience Latin America: Rural and Urban Realities I

Acquaints students with the cultural, historical, socio-political, literary, anthropological, health, agricultural, and development issues in southern Mexico. The lectures/discussions establish the global ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 4010

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  4237 IARD 4010   LEC 001

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  • There is an optional Spanish language discussion section offered for IARD/LATA 4010.

IARD 4800
Global Seminar: Building Sustainable Environments and Secure Food Systems for a Modern World

Modernization has led to development pressures that have increasingly disrupted natural systems leading to widespread concerns about the long-term viability of important environmental and ecosystem services, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FDSC 4800, NTRES 4800

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16186 IARD 4800   LEC 001

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    • T Ives Hall 109

    • Kassam, K

      Lassoie, J

  • 16187 IARD 4800   DIS 201

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    • R Ives Hall 109

    • Kassam, K

      Lassoie, J

IARD 4850
Case Studies in International Ecoagriculture and Environmental Conservation

This senior seminar course is for students who have developed significant international focuses to their undergraduate programs, which include relevant overseas experience(s). Supported by lectures and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: NTRES 4850, SNES 4850

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4478 IARD 4850   LEC 001

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    • M Emerson Hall 135

    • Buck, L

      Hobbs, P

      Lassoie, J

      Tucker, T

  • Enrollment limited to: senior standing in IARD, SNES, or NTRES and International Experience; others by permission of the instructors.

  •  4479 IARD 4850   LAB 401

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    • W Mann Library 112

    • Buck, L

      Hobbs, P

      Lassoie, J

      Tucker, T

IARD 4910
Food, Farming, and Personal Beliefs

Reading and discussion course focusing on the relationship between agricultural sustainability and religious faith, especially the linkage between the motivation to adopt practices of sustainability and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CSS 4910

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1661 IARD 4910   DIS 201

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  • Recommended prerequisite: Sustainable Agriculture (CSS 1900) or equivalent.

IARD 4940
Special Topics in International Agriculture and Rural Development

The department teaches "trial" courses, and special topics not covered in other courses, at the undergraduate level, under this number. Offerings vary by semester and will be advertised by the department. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • Topic: Mexico Trip Preparation

  •  4783 IARD 4940   LEC 001

  • The department teaches ¿trial¿ courses, and special topics not covered in other courses, at the undergraduate level, under this number. Offerings vary by semester and will be advertised by the department. Courses offered under the number are approved by the department curriculum committee, and the same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

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IARD 4960
International Internship in International Agriculture

International internship, supervised by a faculty member who is directly involved in determining both the course content and in evaluating a student's work. The student researches and initiates an appropriate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  2035 IARD 4960   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • See CALS internship policies and submit approved submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#special-studies). 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 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  4924 IARD 4960   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

IARD 4970
Independent Study in IARD

Allows students the opportunity to investigate special interests that are not treated in regularly scheduled courses. The student develops a plan of study to pursue under the direction of a faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2036 IARD 4970   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Staff

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4964 IARD 4970   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Bellinder, R

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IARD 4980
Teaching Experience in International Agriculture and Rural Development

This course enables undergraduate students to get valuable teaching experience in any one of the IARD courses for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4587 IARD 4980   TA 651

  • Previous enrollment in the course to be taught or other appropriate previous training and experience. Students from all colleges 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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IARD 5970
Independent Study in IARD (for M.P.S. Students)

Allows M.P.S. students the opportunity to investigate special interests that are not treated in regularly scheduled courses. The student develops a plan of study to pursue under the direction of a faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3807 IARD 5970   IND 601

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    • TBA

    • Hobbs, P

  • Sign into your faculty section.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3808 IARD 5970   IND 602

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    • TBA

    • Kyle, S

      Uphoff, N

  • Sign into your faculty section.

IARD 5980
International Development M.P.S. Project Paper

A problem-solving project entailing either fieldwork and/or library work for MPS students. The aim of the project is to give students supervised experience in dealing intellectually and analytically with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2037 IARD 5980   FLD 801

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    • TBA

    • Kyle, S

  • Enrollment limited to: candidates in the field of International Development. A maximum of 6 credits may be applied toward MPS degree requirements.

IARD 5990
International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Paper

A problem-solving project entailing either fieldwork and/or library work for MPS students. The aim of the project is to give students supervised experience in dealing intellectually and analytically with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2038 IARD 5990   FLD 801

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    • TBA

    • Kyle, S

  • Enrollment limited to: candidates in the field of international agriculture and rural development. A maximum of 6 credits may be applied toward MPS degree requirements.

IARD 6011
Student-Community Partnerships in Ecuador II

This is the second part of the course (IARD 4011 or LATA 4011 is first taken in the fall) taken on return from Ecuador. Partners students with community practitioners in a rural region of Ecuador after ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 6011

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 15379 IARD 6011   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisites: Junior, Senior or Graduate students. International Experience and some conversational Spanish preferred. Students have to take IARD4011 as a pre-requisite to taking 6011.

IARD 6020
International Agriculture in Developing Nations

The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to observe agricultural development in India and to promote interdisciplinary exchange among faculty, staff, students and their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FDSC 6020

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2039 IARD 6020   LEC 001

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    • TBA

    • Coffman, R

      Davies, P

      Hobbs, P

      Parra, P

      Raman, K

      Rizvi, S

      Tucker, T

  • Wintersession: Travel to Asia Prerequisite: IARD 4020 and/or permission of instructor.

IARD 6940
Graduate Special Topics in IARD

The department teaches "trial" courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the department before the semester starts. Courses offered under the number will be approved by ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3781 IARD 6940   LEC 001

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • The department teaches ¿trial¿ courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the department before the semester starts. 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.

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IARD 6960
Perspectives in International Development

A variety of speakers present seminars on international development topics relating to sustainable development throughout the world. Students attend each seminar and submit a five-page essay at the end ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AEM 6960, CSS 6960, NTRES 6960

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  1697 IARD 6960   SEM 101

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IARD 6970
International Development M.P.S. Seminar

A seminar for M.P.S. students to discuss important issues in international development and to prepare themselves to write their project papers. Specific content varies. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  2042 IARD 6970   SEM 101

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  • Enrollment limited to and required for: MPS ID students or permission of instructor.

IARD 6980
Teaching Experience for MPS in International Agriculture and Rural Development

This course enables MPS students to get valuable teaching experience in any one of the IARD courses for credit. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4635 IARD 6980   TA 651

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    • TBA

    • Nelson, R

  • Students must have the needed experience to help assist with the teaching of the course.

IARD 6990
International Agriculture and Rural Development M.P.S. Project Seminar

Provides students with the opportunity to develop and present their special projects. Also serves as a forum for discussion of current issues in low-income agricultural and rural development, with particular ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  •  2043 IARD 6990   SEM 101

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  • Enrollment limited to and required for: MPS IARD students or permission of instructor.

IARD 7540
Water Management in an Era of Growing Water Scarcity

Scarcity of water might be well overtake climate change as the main issue limiting future development. In fact in many water-short areas in the world, such as the Mediterranean, much of Sub-Saharan Africa, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BEE 7540

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4537 IARD 7540   LEC 001

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IARD 7830
Farmer-Centered Research and Extension

A comparative analysis of extension and research philosophies and educational approaches to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management using case studies from developing countries. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4586 IARD 7830   LEC 001

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