2024 Fall Course Info
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Drops and Refunds:
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Course Information
Global Horticulture and Human Nutrition to Enhance Community Resilience and Food Security
| University: | University of Arkansas |
| Course Number: | HORT 5993 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $580 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | January 13, 2020 - April 30, 2020 |
Course Description
This course will cover the three broad areas of global horticulture, sustainable international development, and human health and Nutrition. This multi-disciplinary course is designed to encourage use of contextual knowledge. Related international field experience is available.
Contacts
Instructor
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
About 3 - 4 weeks before the semester starts, they will receive an email inviting them to the University of Arkansas organization. If students do not have a Microsoft account, they will have to create one. Students taking a course taught by the University of Arkansas will be granted access to the University of Arkansas course management system, Blackboard. An email will be sent to the email address provided by the student's home university with detailed instructions about procedures for logging into Blackboard and the online course. If students have not received the invite they can contact the University of Arkansas campus coordinator, Madison Fielding. If they are having trouble with logging into Blackboard, they can contact our IT Help Desk at 479-575-4357.
Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
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