Sources: Jodi Freifeld, 785-313-2780, freifeld@k-state.edu;
Beth Montelone, 785-532-6900, bethmont@k-state.edu;
and Robert Larson, 785-532-4257, rlarson@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Rosanna Vail, 785-532-2720, rvail@k-state.edu
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
A wealth of 1xbet online casino : Online course links human, animal, environmental 1xbet online casino triad
MANHATTAN -- The 1xbet online casino of animals, people and the environment are inextricably linked. A new online course at Kansas State University shows just how interrelated this 1xbet online casino triad is -- and why the concept of "one 1xbet online casino " is gaining ground among 1xbet online casino professionals.
Introduction to One 1xbet online casino -- BIOL 697, CS 890 and DMP 895 -- will be offered this fall. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, it ties together 1xbet online casino concepts that traditionally would be taught in separate 1xbet online casino classes or degree programs. It covers the complex 1xbet online casino relationships between humans and animals, humans and the environment, and animals and the environment.
Jodi Freifeld, curriculum coordinator for One 1xbet online casino Kansas and the course instructor, says it's critical for public 1xbet online casino leaders to understand these connections in the efforts to control disease, specifically zoonotic diseases that can be transferred between animals and humans.
"Environmental changes may result in unintended consequences, such as emerging zoonotic diseases due to deforestation and encroachment on wildlife habitats," Freifeld said. "These animal diseases may infect humans when there is increased human-animal contact, an unanticipated result of deforestation or developments in areas that were formerly animal habitats. To avoid these unanticipated results, it is important to seek input from experts from different professions when communities make these kinds of decisions."
The course is part of the One 1xbet online casino Kansas project, which works to increase awareness of the one 1xbet online casino concept in the state, according to Beth Montelone, associate dean of Kansas State University's College of Arts and Sciences and director of One 1xbet online casino Kansas.
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Currently, the university's course is one of the only graduate-level one 1xbet online casino courses offered entirely online. Freifeld says more than 25 experts from the university and beyond, including a national leader in the one 1xbet online casino movement, are featured in podcastable videos about one 1xbet online casino topics and current research.
"Online discussions are designed so students can learn from their peers' varied backgrounds and knowledge," Freifeld said. "Case analyses are used to help students learn how to apply one 1xbet online casino concepts to real-life problems."
Robert Larson, professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University, says students from various 1xbet online casino backgrounds will come together to view 1xbet online casino more broadly and beyond their own fields. Larson says just as medical doctors commonly tend to view 1xbet online casino only in terms of human 1xbet online casino , veterinarians, agronomists and ecologists also tend to view 1xbet online casino in terms of their own discipline -- animals, plants or environment.
"The concept of one 1xbet online casino gives students in different disciplines the opportunity to see how their area of interest interacts with the other components of the human-animal-environment triad," Larson said. "It emphasizes the connections and attempts to break down the long-standing separations regarding who or what we typically think about, research and teach in terms of 1xbet online casino ."
Learn more about the course or enroll at http://www.dce.k-state.edu/courses, or contact the instructor at 785-313-2780 or freifeld@k-state.edu.
