Fall 2023 Course Information
Grazing Ecology and Management
University: |
South Dakota State University |
Course Number: |
RANG 750 |
Credit Hours: |
3 credit hours - $600 per credit |
Start/End Dates: |
August 21, 2023 - December 13, 2023 |
Course Description
This course discusses the ecological principles of domesticated livestock grazing and their application to manage grazing lands. Theoretical and applied models of plant/animal interactions will be presented. Grazing systems and their management of ecosystem services will be presented as balance between production and conservation outcomes.
Contacts
Instructor
Rachel Short
Office: 605-394-2236
Rachel.Short@sdstate.edu
Campus Coordinator
For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Not Required
Course Access
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator,
Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students.
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact the SDState Support Desk at 605-688-6776 for assistance.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.