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APS 5101 - Ecological Design for Horticulture (Partially Online)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Polyculture and Ecological Design is the design science of assembling plants into ecologically balanced systems. Natural polycultures are self-supporting plant communities in forests, wetlands, and prairies. Investigate ecological functions and services that are important components for sustainable horticultural design. Learn to apply the ecological landscape design language and technique while using the permaculture design process to create ecologically functional plant communities. Crucial discussions will assess the solutions in horticultural design for adapting to accelerated climate disruption, and follow natures momentum as a guide to sustainable production systems. Lab sessions will demonstrate, and you will develop, the skills and foresight needed to assess, research, concept, design, and present polycultures in a sequential and professional process.
APS 5102 - Garden Design: Theory and Application
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring)
This course provides an overview of the garden design process, the analysis and conceptual design of the landscape, exploration of the design characteristics of plants, sustainable design and a descriptive journey into several historical garden styles. You will be introduced to a variety of topics, including the design process, basic design principles, and the basic concepts of graphic communication in garden design. A working knowledge of design process and principles is critical to quality design. This course is intended to strengthen student awareness and knowledge of design rather than fully develop the skills necessary to draw, develop and implement garden designs. This course is different from fact-based horticulture science courses. Although you will be held responsible for learning a broad range of principles and processes in this course, there are typically no absolute right answers relative to design assessment and critique. What is more important is that you gain the ability to articulate and assess design character and quality and give evidence of your thought process.
APS 5103 - Integration of Sustainable Agriculture Concepts
(3 cr; Prereq-AGRO 1101 or AGRO 1103 or BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or HORT 1001 or HORT 6011 or instr consent, [sr or grad student admitted to MPS in horticulture] Because of the 5xxx level, undergraduates need permission numbers to register. Students can obtain permissions by writing to: reefx001@umn.edu ; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was APS 4072 until 05-SEP-17
Biodiversity, ecological balance, nutrient cycling, soil quality. Organic practices of tillage, fertility management, weed control, insect control. Specific practices compared with conventional/integrated pest management. Economic analysis of both organic/conventional practices.
APS 5104 - Conservation at Botanic Gardens
(1 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
In this class, students will explore conservation strategies of botanic gardens using the Plant Conservation Program at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as a model. Discussions will center around scientific and non-scientific strategies, as well as limitations and strengths of the botanic garden system in regards to rare plant conservation. There are many different conservation programs around the continent and world, all of them working on different species and attacking conservation issues with different toolsets, goals, and even philosophies. Some of these gardens interact with each other and combine resources, but some do not. Some gardens work at very large scales of conservation and some work at much smaller, local scales. During this course, there will be opportunities to interact with conservation programs at other botanic gardens.
APS 5105 - Where People & Plants Meet: Social Science Dimensions of Horticulture
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall)
How do we understand the role that horticulture plays in society and its meaning for individuals and communities? This seminar course investigates the multiple intersections that horticultural science has with society through examining three such intersections. The first is the intersection of horticulture and psychology to understand how we can better explain individual pro-environmental behaviors as well as horticulture?s impact on health and well-being. The second intersection is horticulture and sociology, examining how current, and potential future horticultural landscapes impact communities and either reinforce or diverge from powerful social norms around `expected and acceptable? landscapes. The final intersection, horticulture and policy assess how policies and ordinances impact the landscapes around us and how changing them may impact landscape-level sustainability.
APS 5950 - Topics in APS (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 18 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Topics in APS
APS 5993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Directed Studies
APS 6001 - Critical Approaches to Civic Engagement
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was CIVE 6001 until 15-MAY-23
This course serves as the introductory course for students in the Master of Professional Studies in Civic Engagement. Students in the course will be introduced to graduate level inquiry, and will augment critical thinking skills that frame applied professional and disciplinary practice. Students will grapple with real-world problems and topical content, engaging with relevant scholarship, readings, and disciplinary methodologies. In doing so, they will gain proficiency in critical thinking, community processes and cultural competency in collaboration with their peers. Students will also develop skills to be change agent leaders. This course offers students unique opportunities to engage in cross-disciplinary partnerships and creative problem-solving simulating real-world situations.
APS 6002 - Civic Engagement Capstone
(3 cr; S-N only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was CIVE 6002 until 18-JAN-22
This course serves as the capstone course for students in the master of professional studies in civic engagement. This course will synthesize the disciplinary and applied business coursework taken by students during their graduate career and will facilitate completion of an individualized, applied capstone project based on their community engagement career focus. This culminating experience, taken in the final year of the program, will provide students with an opportunity to engage in creative problem solving to address pressing real-world needs.
APS 6003 - Perspectives in Integrated Applied Sciences
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6001 until 18-JAN-22
This course serves as an introductory anchor for students in the Master of Professional Studies in Applied Sciences Leadership. This course will introduce the applied sciences leadership framework and how it relates to the disciplinary focus areas in the program. The course will improve science-based communication skills, introduce applied research techniques, and sharpen critical thinking skills through exploration of current scientific inquiry.
APS 6005 - Applied Sciences Leadership Capstone
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6002 until 18-JAN-22
This course serves as the capstone course for students in the Master of Professional Studies in Applied Sciences Leadership. This course will synthesize the disciplinary and applied sciences leadership coursework taken by students during their graduate career and will facilitate completion of an individualized, applied capstone project based on their applied science focus area. The course further develops scientific communication skills and sharpens critical thinking through investigating a scientific question. This culminating experience provides students with an opportunity to engage in creative problem-solving that addresses pressing real-world needs.
APS 6011 - Presentations in the Biological Sciences
(2 cr; A-F only; offered Every Summer)
Course introduces students to the diverse ways in which biologists communicate in their professional lives. In this course students will choose an article from the primary literature and practice presenting the information to a range of audiences through a variety of techniques including soundbites, interviews, conference talks, conference posters, TED talks, podcasts, and internet videos.
APS 6311 - Facilitating Community Driven Leadership
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was CIVE 6311 until 16-MAY-22
In Facilitating Community Driven Leadership, students will expand their critical skills for working with diverse audiences, communities, and community leaders and will develop an understanding of how communities define leadership. Students will also clarify their positionality, define the stakes of their work, and take ownership of their individual power and organizational possibilities. The course combines contemporary theory in community engagement and leadership with applied projects that develop the student's critical and analytical skills as community leaders.
APS 6312 - Finance for Non-financial Managers
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6312 until 18-JAN-22
This course explores organizational finance from the lens of a non-financial manager, helping students gain an applied understanding of financial and accounting concepts and the role finance plays in the economic viability of a business. Students will learn to construct financial statements and use these tools to strategically determine the overall business financial health. Students will forecast possibilities for future growth in relation to costs associated with operational expenses and the cost of capital. Students will review basic economic frameworks and complete case studies focusing on the connection of global economic influences to company and industry financial indicators. Specific topics include financial analysis; planning, forecasting, and budgeting; cash flow, and strategic financing.
APS 6313 - Data for Decision Making
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6313 until 18-JAN-22
This course aims to provide knowledge and equip students with techniques to transform data into information that decision makers can use in order to make decisions. Students will learn the importance of source and quality of the data, input from and impact on stakeholders, and how social, community, and political or governmental dynamics come into play in the decision-making process. By the end of this course, students will understand and be able to apply decision-making data collection, analysis, synthesis, and presentation skills to incorporate an abundant and wide-variety of data in order to make an informed decision. This course will have didactic and application components where students will be able to apply the skills and knowledge learned.
APS 6314 - Leading Projects and Teams
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6314 until 18-JAN-22
This course provides students the background and skills needed to enhance teamwork, make informed business decisions, or resolve productivity issues effectively. This course will focus on the principles techniques, and tools used to plan, control, monitor, and review projects to meet organizational monetary and time constraints. Through case studies and practical application, students will practice project management skills along with setting team priorities, performance objectives, and the team decision making process.
APS 6315 - Legal and Ethical Business Issues for Science Professionals
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6315 until 18-JAN-22
Legal and/or ethical non-compliance can have significant negative impacts for any company and its employees, including (i) negative impact on a company?s stock price and value, (ii) whether the desired/needed talent wants to work for a company, (iii) whether customers want to buy products or services from a company and (iv) whether suppliers want to sell products or services to a company. In this course you will (i) learn how to identify potential legal and/or ethical dilemmas before they become scandals, (ii) confirm your personal values and learn your ethical type and understand how they impact your assessment of ethical and legal dilemmas, (iii) learn how to identify the most appropriate stakeholders and their perspectives to evaluate and resolve legal and ethical dilemma,(iv) learn how to to identify conflicts of interests and other red flags, (v) learn to identify personal and general cognitive biases that impact your/others evaluation of potential legal and ethical dilemmas, (vi) develop a personalized methodology to evaluate, resolve, and accept accountability for resolving legal and/or ethical dilemmas in the real world, and (vii) learn the importance and value of crisis management and crisis communication plans when dealing with legal or ethical noncompliance.
APS 6316 - Transformational Leadership in an Intercultural World
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was ASCL 6316 until 06-SEP-22
This course will explore and transform personal leadership styles to succeed in a dynamic cross-cultural environment. Today?s organizations are being impacted by fast tracking global trends that are shaping the very concept of leadership. Course material will review the fundamental tenets of leadership, provide nuance to self-leadership and organizational leadership, and address major global trends that require different sets of leadership skills. In addition, it will address these leadership concepts and skills within a cross-cultural context including exploration of intercultural competencies and strategies required to practice inclusive and diverse leadership.
APS 6950 - Topics in Professional Studies (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-dept consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Topics in professional studies.
APS 6993 - Directed Studies (independent study)
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-dept consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was MBS 6993 until 21-JAN-20
Directed Studies
APS 6994 - Directed Research (independent study)
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-dept consent; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was MBS 6994 until 21-JAN-20
Directed research.
APS 8001 - Introduction to Research in the Biological Sciences
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was MBS 6001 until 17-MAY-21, was MBS 8001 until 17-MAY-21
This course introduces students in the MBS program to resources available to them at the University of Minnesota and in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies. Students will prepare and deliver a scientific presentation and write a critical analysis of a topic in their planned area of concentration. Students also will explore ethical issues in the biological sciences and learn how to avoid plagiarism. This is a hybrid course that includes both online activities and classroom meetings. Required of all MBS students.
APS 8002 - Final Project Course for Plan B MBS Students (Partially Online, independent study)
(2 cr [max 3]; Prereq-dept consent; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was MBS 6002 until 06-SEP-22, was MBS 8002 until 17-MAY-21
Synthesize/complete Plan B graduate final project.
APS 8003 - Capstone Course for Plan C MBS Students
(2 cr [max 3]; Prereq-dept consent; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was MBS 6003 until 06-SEP-22, was MBS 8003 until 17-MAY-21
MBS students synthesize/complete Plan C graduate final project.
APS 8110 - Graduate Seminar Series
(1 cr; Prereq-dept consent; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 3 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was MBS 6110 until 07-SEP-21, was MBS 8110 until 17-MAY-21
Recent developments in student's field of interest presented in research seminars by scientific experts.

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