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BASICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Biological Sciences
UCEAP Course Number
121
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
BASICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
UCEAP Transcript Title
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This multidisciplinary course approaches infectious diseases from several perspectives, including the underlying biology, ecology, epidemiology, and socioeconomics. Information is provided on new insights into the causative agents of several infectious diseases including viral, prion, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, and parasitic diseases as well as arthropod vector biology and vector-borne diseases. This course focuses on the key principles of epidemiological models of infectious diseases to understand how they are used in the health economy.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
NEM20806
Host Institution Course Title
BASICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Wageningen University
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Nematology
Course Last Reviewed
2022-2023
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AGROFORESTRY
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Environmental Studies
Agricultural Sciences
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
AGROFORESTRY
UCEAP Transcript Title
AGROFORESTRY
UCEAP Quarter Units
2.50
UCEAP Semester Units
1.70
Course Description
This course is a study of agroforestry, or land- use systems in which trees and shrubs are grown in association with crops, pastures, or livestock in a spatial arrangement or rotation, and in which there are both ecological and economic interactions between the trees and other components of the system. Agroforestry has been increasingly recognized as a means to contribute to sustainable land use. The primary objective of this course is to familiarize students with the concept of agroforestry, and to help them acquire knowledge about the underlying principles of these systems, such as their ecological processes and environmental interactions. Examples from agroforestry systems throughout the world are described and discussed. Upon successful completion of this course, students are able to explain the concept of agroforestry in the context of agriculture and forestry, and to classify the main systems of agroforestry using various bases for classification; evaluate the major ecological processes involved, and to assess their relative importance in the major agroforestry systems; distinguish the importance of nitrogen fixation and myccorhizal associations in agroforestry systems and to evaluate these in the major agroforestry systems; distinguish the possibilities and limitations of application of agroforestry in the context of local ecological conditions, taking into account local socio-economic conditions; and critically evaluate an important basic hypothesis in agroforestry in a well-written essay, and to discuss it interactively during an oral presentation.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
FEM-22803
Host Institution Course Title
AGROFORESTRY
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Forest and Nature Conservation
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Forest Ecology and Forest Management
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APPLIED ANIMAL ECOLOGY
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Environmental Studies
UCEAP Course Number
113
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
APPLIED ANIMAL ECOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
APPLIED ANIMAL ECOL
UCEAP Quarter Units
2.50
UCEAP Semester Units
1.70
Course Description
This course focuses on understanding wildlife issues in both conservation and rural areas. Students learn to understand these issues within a theoretical ecological framework. Special focus is given to theories relevant to topics including population control, translocations, wildlife disease, damage control and prevention, animal dispersal, animal behavior and humans, habit suitability, and habitat connectivity. Using a scientific framework, students explore techniques to solve these problems.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
REG-20803
Host Institution Course Title
APPLIED ANIMAL ECOLOGY
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Forest and Nature Conservation
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Resource Ecology Group
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DATA MANAGEMENT
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Computer Science
Bioengineering
UCEAP Course Number
101
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
DATA MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
DATA MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course covers database design and the use of databases in applications, with a focus on applications in the life sciences. Topics include the relational model, database design principles, the structured query language (SQL), including temporal and spatial queries. Data life cycle topics and contemporary issues for data scientists and practitioners are also introduced, i.e. big data, FAIR principles, data governance, licensing, privacy, blockchains. The course includes extensive practical work in the design, construction and use of databases in the students' field of study. Practical work involves MySQL and Microsoft Access. The course covers the following topics: a managerial perspective on an organization's memory; key concepts of data modelling and databases (i.e. entities, relationships, primary and foreign keys; data model diagrams with different notations (E-R diagrams); database queries with SQL including nested sub queries, arithmetic, logical and spatial operations; data problems and how to design solutions; the process for designing and implementing a database for a problem in their field of study.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
INF-21306
Host Institution Course Title
DATA MANAGEMENT
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Biosystems Engineering
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Information Technology
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STRATEGIC PLANNING IN FOREST AND NATURE CONSERVATION
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Environmental Studies
UCEAP Course Number
120
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN FOREST AND NATURE CONSERVATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
STRATGC PLAN CONSRV
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course is orientated on strategic planning in forest and nature conservation at regional level. By using methods and techniques of Strategic Environmental Assessment, different strategic policy options for a specific region (Sumava National Park, Czech Republic) are developed. In the next step, strategic policy choices are analyzed based on an evaluation of the possible ecological and socio-economic effects of the different options. On the basis of information of various sources (lectures, literature, interviews, excursions, observations) groups of students analyze and evaluate the policy in a specific region in relation with the forest and nature in that region. This case-study work is supported by lectures with different examples of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
FNP-30306
Host Institution Course Title
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN FOREST AND NATURE CONSERVATION
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Forest and Nature Conservation
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
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RESEARCH METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Environmental Studies
UCEAP Course Number
115
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
RESEARCH METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
RESRCH METHOD ENV S
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course focuses on research methods and design in the environmental sciences. Students apply knowledge gained in this course by developing a research project. Using examples from the environmental sciences, this course teaches students three research designs: the experiment, the cross-sectional study, and the longitudinal design. This course explores several methods relevant to these designs including sampling, methods of data collection (primary and secondary data) and approaches to data analysis. Students draw on research designs and methods discussed in class to build a research plan. Starting from a practical environmental problem, students formulate a research objective and appropriate research questions. They then develop a research project using the experimental, the cross-sectional, and the longitudinal research design. After successful completion of this course, students are able to explain the differences between a conceptual and a technical research design; describe the defining features of an experimental, cross-sectional, and longitudinal design; discuss the operationalization of one and multidimensional concepts; describe random and non-random sampling, detail the pros and cons of different data collection methods; reflect critically on the assessment of causality; discuss the reliability and validity of measurements; and craft elaborate research designs in the environmental sciences.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
YRM-20306
Host Institution Course Title
RESEARCH METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Forest and Nature Conservation
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Research Methodology
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COMMUNICATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Environmental Studies
UCEAP Course Number
121
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COMMUNICATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
SUSTAINBLE INNOVATN
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
Sustainability is the idea that development should not be at the expense of future generations, nor the planet. This course examines two challenges governing the implementation of sustainability. First, the challenge of communication is examined, students consider why sustainability issues are so difficult to communicate. Students also consider what strategies can be used to change individual and institutional behavior, how people can be empowered to fundamentally change their behavior to participate genuinely in a sustainable future, and what is the role of dialogue in that process. The course explores and scrutinizes theories aimed at communication for sustainability. Second, the challenge of responsibility is examined, asking how we should make responsible use of science and innovation for sustainability. Students engage with case studies of responsible innovation examining how innovation can be developed with and for society. This course adopts a “learning by doing” approach in which students are encouraged to think creatively and critically through group work. In groups, students learn how to critically evaluate and present a social science article on one aspect of the course. In addition, students learn the practical skills of communicating for sustainability an issue of their own choosing. Specifically, they learn how to develop a researchable question, how to translate this into a focus group design, how to recruit, moderate and analyze a focus group (with fellow students), and how to develop the analysis into a presentation and a write-up on a communication strategy for sustainability.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CPT-22306
Host Institution Course Title
COMMUNICATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Environmental Sciences
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Communication Philosophy and Technology
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MICROBIAL DISEASE MECHANISMS
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Health Sciences
Biological Sciences
UCEAP Course Number
104
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MICROBIAL DISEASE MECHANISMS
UCEAP Transcript Title
MICROBIAL DISEASE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course addresses the molecular biology of the interactions of humans and animals with causal agents of disease, with a focus on bacterial pathogens. This includes eukaryotic cell signaling in infection, virulence and pathogenesis mechanisms, toxins as pathogenicity factors, evasion of host defense, and the molecular analysis of host-pathogen interactions. After successful completion of this course, students are able to identify the key innate and adaptive defense mechanisms of animals, humans and plants; demonstrate understanding of the mechanisms of virulence and pathogenesis for representative bacterial pathogens; identify strategies that can be used to control, prevent, and treat infectious diseases; search scientific literature on a selected pathogen and prepare an oral presentation about mechanisms of pathogenesis; and demonstrate understanding of the experimental approaches used to investigate pathogen biology.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
HMI-50306
Host Institution Course Title
MICROBIAL DISEASE MECHANISMS
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Biology of Infectious Diseases of Humans and Animals
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Host-Microbe Interactomics
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LIFE HISTORY OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Biological Sciences
UCEAP Course Number
103
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LIFE HISTORY OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
UCEAP Transcript Title
LIFE HIST AQATC ORG
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course covers the biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, with an emphasis on life history theory. The focus in the course lies with animal species, especially those which are important for fisheries, aquaculture, and nature conservation. A wide array of subjects is treated, from the organism (reproduction, feeding, homeostasis, migration, habitat use), the population (population ecology) and the community level (fish communities), as well as a large variety of aquatic systems and diverse organism groups. Evolutionary mechanisms can explain how organisms have adapted to certain environmental circumstances, but also that not all structures and behaviors are necessarily adaptive, or the best possible solution. From the perspective of the life history of organisms there are three concepts that are leading in this course: 1) adaptation, which is a phenotypic change in a species, caused by environmental pressures, leading towards better fitness; 2) constraint, which means that adaptations and patterns of traits in a species are restricted by the phylogeny (evolutionary history) of the species; and 3) trade-off, which is an (evolutionary) compromise in the structure, physiology, or behavior of a species. Trade-offs occur when the development of several traits is coupled, prohibiting the independent optimization of all these traits.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
AFI-31306
Host Institution Course Title
LIFE HISTORY OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Aquaculture and Fisheries
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AIR QUALITY
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Wageningen University and Research Center
Program(s)
Wageningen University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Environmental Studies
Earth & Space Sciences
UCEAP Course Number
109
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
AIR QUALITY
UCEAP Transcript Title
AIR QUALITY
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course is directed at understanding specific air quality issues in 3 themes: 1) at the global 2) regional and 3) local (urban) scale. At each scale, the focus is understanding the life cycle of natural and anthropogenic air pollutants, i.e., the processes behind emission, transport in the atmosphere, chemical conversions, and deposition on the land/ocean surface. The role of meteorology on air pollution mixing and transport is explicitly explained on each scale. The course pays attention to the effects on human and environmental health, as well as the feasibility of alternatives and the efficiency of regulation and policy. On the global scale, the focus is on tropospheric chemistry, the greenhouse effect, and stratospheric ozone. On the regional scale, the focus is on the deposition of air pollutants (clouds, precipitation, wet deposition, dry deposition), acidification, and eutrophication, with ample examples by means of the nitrogen cycle. At the local scale, the focus is on traffic and industrial emissions, the role of vegetation, and photochemical smog. Each theme is completed with a tutorial, in which problem-solving is practiced as exam training.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MAQ11306
Host Institution Course Title
AIR QUALITY
Host Institution Course Details
Host Institution Campus
Wageningen University
Host Institution Faculty
Environmental Sciences
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Meteorology and Air Quality
Course Last Reviewed
2022-2023