This course is a wide-ranging introduction to current environmental and conservation issues and their historical and geographical contexts. Special attention will be placed on examining the processes that so transformed the earth during the 20th century and to the key political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological factors in environmental change today.

This course is a wide-ranging introduction to current environmental and conservation issues and their historical and geographical contexts. Special attention will be placed on examining the processes that so transformed the earth during the 20th century and to the key political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological factors in environmental change today.

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This course covers the cell biological aspects of several plant cellular processes. An emphasis is made on experimental approaches. Format includes lectures, discussions, and in-class student presentations.

Theory and applications of limits, derivatives, and integrals of functions of one, two and three variables. Curves in two and three dimensional space, vector functions, double and triple integrals, polar, cylindrical, spherical coordinates. Path integration and Green's Theorem. Prerequisites: MTH 112 or MTH 114. It is suggested that MTH 211 be taken before or concurrently with MTH 212.

This course is designed to provide an understanding of the key political dimensions of the health policymaking process in the United States. We will examine the role of government institutions and political actors in developing and implementing health policy. This course will examine major health policy initiatives in the United States, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, as well as other policies such as the Ryan White Care Act (HIV/AIDS).

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The Applied Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory (AMBL) is a requisite course for the MS concentration in Applied Molecular Biology. AMBL combines state-of-the-art laboratory training with independent research experience to train students in the latest techniques and concepts of molecular biology and biochemistry. Recombinant DNA technology is the primary focus of the first semester. Topics covered include nucleic acid isolation, genomics, quantitative PCR and RT-PCR, southern and northern blot analysis, and computational biological analyses.

This design studio engages the topic of food security: at both the global and local level, through both theory and design, and from the perspective of the individual and the collective. Students will interrogate their local foodshed and develop new strategies for productive landscapes, and in the process, cultivate their own ethic/practice/values. In developing a kitchen garden for the UMass campus, students will link theory and design to address the environmental, social, economic and aesthetic needs of their client and program.