Why do we sleep? We spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping, yet we still don't fully know the answer to this question. This course will cover topics including the functions of sleep, sleep stages and dreaming, consequences of sleep loss, how sleep changes across the lifespan, and more! Students will learn how sleep is studied scientifically and how healthy sleep habits can benefit them throughout college.

Multidisciplinary professional writing course. Research, analyze, reference and write in the formal and informal text conventions used by Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Conservation, & Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

Multidisciplinary professional writing course. Research, analyze, reference and write in the formal and informal text conventions used by Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Conservation, & Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

This 4-credit course brings together topics from Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Natural Systems, and Social Systems in the context of real world scientific issues. Students will be expected to grapple with the scientific underpinnings of complex problems, including issues surrounding Clean Water, Climate Change, Energy Demands, and Disease and Biomedicine. Case studies will serve as the format/foundation in which students will learn and use fundamental scientific principles to investigate these challenges and quantify the scientific contributions to solutions.

This course enhances the thesis research experience for students in the iCons program through peer support teams and advanced scientific communication as students prepare to present their research findings at the Statewide Undergraduate Conference and at the iCons Senior Exposition. This course satisfies Integrative Experience criterion #1 by providing a structured context for students to reflect on and to integrate their previous learning as they prepare to present their senior research findings in these two public forums.

iCons III: "Team-Oriented Lab Discovery in Renewable Energy" involves student-driven, team-oriented laboratory projects focused on the interrelated principles of energy generation, conversion, storage and consumption, particularly emphasizing the science underlying renewable energy systems. Projects incorporate experimental techniques from the chemical, physical, mathematical, and life sciences. The intent of this course is to examine cross-disciplinary methods to address real world energy-related issues.

Multidisciplinary professional writing course. Research, analyze, reference and write in the formal and informal text conventions used by Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Conservation, & Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

Multidisciplinary professional writing course. Research, analyze, reference and write in the formal and informal text conventions used by Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Conservation, & Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

This course will consist of three case study modules. Each module is a real-world problem that integrates knowledge from a biological, social, political, and economic perspective. Students are expected to transfer their knowledge from the broader General Education training into specific real-world issues.

This courses satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for PLSOIL majors.

Multidisciplinary professional writing course. Research, analyze, reference and write in the formal and informal text conventions used by Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Conservation, & Veterinary and Animal Sciences.