Agricultural and Life Sciences Undergraduate Courses & Syllabuses
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ALS 3110: Home and Community Gardening - Collegiate Master Gardner
The Florida Master Gardener Program trains UF/IFAS Extension volunteers to provide horticultural education to residents and communities. Students will receive training to become a Master Gardener, and learn, horticulture, Integrated Pest Management, plant pathology, and garden planning. This online class is composed of digital lectures, discussion, and hands-on activities.
Instructor: Dr. Anna Prizzia and Wendy Wilber
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ALS 3923: Honors Orientation
The course will orient students to the CALS honors program and develop the skills needed to complete a creative, scholarly project and an honors thesis. A variety of guest speakers, in-class and outside activities, discussion, writing and oral presentation are used to accomplish the learning objectives.
Instructor: Dr. Erica Gross
Syllabus: Spring Syllabus: Spring 2024
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ALS 4905: Individual Study
Instructor: STAFF
Syllabus: Students determine the work completed with the instructor based on their projects.
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ALS 4911: Supervised Research
Instructor: STAFF
Syllabus: Students determine the work completed with the instructor based on their projects.
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ALS 4915: Honors Project
Instructor: STAFF
Syllabus: Students determine the work completed with the guidance of their faculty mentor on their research.
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ALS 4932: Connecting With CALS
This course is designed to aid CALS Transfer students in a successful transition to the University of Florida, specifically tailored to the resources and opportunities within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. This course aims to help students understand the four core values within CALS: Diversity, Collaboration, Service, and Integrity; through a series of seminars, workshops, and guest presentations. Connecting with CALS is here to provide a foundation for a well-rounded college experience, connect students to CALS and IFAS Research and Extension resources, and promote engagement within and outside of the classroom.
Instructors: Dr. Charlotte Emerson, Ms. Amie Imler, and Dr. Elaine Turner
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ALS 4932: Exploring Research Opportunities in CALS
CALS and Exploratory Honors students will explore research experiences for undergraduate students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Students will visit a variety of labs and research facilities around the college. Students will interact with faculty and participate in hands-on research activities, gaining a deeper understanding of the research opportunities in CALS. Students will be introduced to the process for participating in the CALS Honors Scholars Certificate program and graduating with high or highest honors.
Instructors: Dr. Allen Wysocki, Dr. Elaine Turner, and Dr. Charlotte Emerson
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ALS 4932: Foodomics - What is in the Food We Eat and Use to Treat Patients?
Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine” and for nearly a century, diet has been used to treat seizures. The recent practice of precision medicine has emphasized the need to know the chemical composition of food. This course will include several steps that make the needed composition of food found in Florida available for the treatment of patients with refractory epilepsy. Students will collect composition data from food in Florida markets, prepare databases designed to use that data in recipes consistent with patients’ diet prescriptions, address specific questions concerning Precision Ketogenic Therapy, and draft potential research projects to be conducted in the future.
Instructor: Dr. Peggy Borum
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ALS 4932: Plant Communities of the Florida Panhandle
This course will guide students through Florida's natural communities utilizing the community descriptions of the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (2010) and narrated Power Points in Canvas. Lectures will cover community structure, indicator species, soils and hydrology as well as fire ecology and other important ecological processes.
Instructors: Dr. Deborah Miller and Dr. Mack Thetford
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ALS 4932:Experiencing European History and Culture
We revisit perceived truths about the meaning of European identity. We examine how cultural knowledge and facts were constructed to further post-World War ll integration. We will help you understand and identify the complexities of the contemporary crises of European integration and support you in developing novel responses to these crises.
Instructors: Dr. James W. Jawitz
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ALS 4936: CALS Leadership Institute Seminar 1
This seminar course for students selected for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Leadership Institute provides an introduction to leadership studies and personal leadership development. Exploration of personal leadership characteristics through various assessments and the development of a Personal Leadership Development Plan are included in this discussion-based seminar.
Instructor: Dr. Natalie Coers
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ALS 4937: CALS Leadership Institute Seminar 2
This seminar course for students selected for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Leadership Institute provides an introduction to group and organizational leadership in local and global contexts.
Instructor: Dr. Natalie Coers
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ALS 4938: CALS Leadership Institute International Service and Learning Experience
This seminar course for students selected for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Leadership Institute includes an International Service & Learning Experience as a context for application of course content previously covered in the program. A compilation of documentation supporting leadership growth and reflection serves as closure to the course.
Instructor: Dr. Natalie Coers