Course ID: | AAEC 3912E. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. |
Course Title: | Virtual Study Away Experience in Greek International Agribusiness and Environmental Management |
Course Description: | Exploration of topics relating to international agribusiness and environmental management. Combines in-depth study with first-hand live virtual experience gained by interacting with speakers and collaborators from the host destination. Throughout the course, the students will work in teams to identify a challenge related to a topic of interest, and they will research and present some unique ways to deal with this challenge. |
Oasis Title: | Virtual Study Away in AAEC |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will learn from virtual live lectures and virtual cultural site visits, and will experience the life and culture of the country they are visiting. Students will take the information they gain from their virtual experience and apply it in the creation of a video presentation and written blog content that will be publicly available. The blog will allow comments and interaction with a broad audience. Students will focus on topics that are relevant to their major of study and interests, creating original and imaginative responses to current challenges in Greece. For domestic programs, the objectives will vary depending on the purpose of the course. |
Topical Outline: | Determined by topic and location. |
Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. Every course syllabus should include the instructor's expectations related to academic integrity.
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