Agricultural Environmental and Natural Resouces Law
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 461X
---Canceled for Spring 2008---
The course examines the economic and legal relationships between agriculture and the environment. Examined are the various legal systems for allocating water to agriculture, the reasons legal constraints are necessary for handling natural resource issues, constitutional issues arising from the regulation of land-use activities, and the federal (and state) regulation of air, soil, water, land use, livestock grazing, animals and plants, seed and food products.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Classification
Other: Off Campus Students Only
Computer requirements: College of Agriculture requirements
Dates: 01/14/2008-04/04/2008
Delivery method: CD-ROM
Credit: 2 undergraduate and non-major graduate credits
Tuition: $446 (undergraduate), $694 (graduate)
Delivery fee: $150
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus programs: Master of Agriculture, Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Instructor: Roger A. McEowen, Associate Professor
Registration deadline: 01/07/2008
Text: McEowen, Roger A. and Neil E. Harl. Principles of Agricultural Law: Water, Environment and Natural Resources. Eugene, OR: Agricultural Law Press.

Environmental Issues
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 490F, XA
The course examines the economic and legal relationships between agriculture and the environment. Examined are the various legal systems for allocating water to agriculture, the reasons legal constraints are necessary for handling natural resource issues, constitutional issues arising from the regulation of land-use activities, and the federal (and state) regulation of air, soil, water, land use, livestock grazing, animals and plants, seed and food products.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior classification
Computer Requirements: College of Agriculture Requirements
Dates: 03/24/2008-05/02/2008
Delivery Method: Independent Study
Credit: 1 undergraduate credit, 1 nonmajor graduate credit
Tuition:$223 undergraduate, $347 graduate
Delivery fee: $70
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus program: Bachelor of Liberal Studies (social sciences group of the general education requirements or distribution area of social sciences); Master of Agriculture; Master of Science in Agricultural Education
Instructor: McEowen, Roger A. and Neil E. Harl. Principles of Agricultural Law: Water, Environment and Natural Resources. Eugene, OR: Agricultural Law Press.

Introduction to Research in Agricultural Education
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 510, section XW, section XH (non-ISU students)
Determining your research focus; developing research problems and objectives; reviewing the literature and establishing a theoretical framework; establishing procedures for data collection and analysis; ethical issues. The primary outcome is the development of a thesis, dissertation or creative component proposal.
Registration Permission: Contact Carrie Brus - 294-1862 - cbrus@iastate.edu
Prerequisite: graduate classification & department permission
Computer requirements: College of Agriculture requirements
Dates: 01/14/2008-05/09/2008
Delivery method: online in WebCT
Credit: 3 graduate and non-major graduate credits
Tuition: $1041 (XW), $1245 (XH)
Delivery fee: $70 (XW), None (XH)
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus programs: Master of Agriculture, Master of Science in Agricultural Education
Instructor: Greg S. Miller, Professor
Registration deadline: 01/07/2008
Text: Introduction to Research in Education. Seventh Edition. Authors: Ary, Jacobs, Razavieh, and Sorensen. Copyright 2006. Thomson Wadsworth.

Introduction to Learning Theory in Agricultural Education
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 533, section XW
Introduction to a variety of theoretical perspectives of learning and how they may be used within the context of agricultural education. Emphasis on the major domains of learning, developmental considerations, basic assumptions, concepts, and principles of various learning theories; understanding how each theoretical perspective may be used in both formal and non-formal educational settings.
Prerequisite: graduate classification & department permission
Computer requirements: College of Agriculture requirements
Dates: 01/14/2008-05/09/2008
Delivery method: online in WebCT
Credit: 3 graduate and non-major graduate credits
Tuition: $1041
Delivery fee: $70
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus programs: Master of Agriculture, Master of Science in Agricultural Education
Instructor: Levon Esters, Assistant Professor
Registration deadline: 01/07/2008
Text: Schunk, Dale. Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective, 5th ed.Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780132435659.