Distance Education Off-Campus Course Offerings . . . . . Spring 2008

COURSE TITLE:	Environmental Issues
COURSE:	Agricultural Education and Studies 490F
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	Agricultural Environmental and Natural Resources Law The course examines the economic and legal relationships between agriculture and the environment. Examined are the various legal systems for allocating water to agriculture, the reasons legal constraints are necessary for handling natural resource issues, constitutional issues arising from the regulation of land-use activities, and the federal (and state) regulation of air, soil, water, land use, livestock grazing, animals and plants, seed and food products.
PREREQUISITES:	Junior or Senior Classification
CREDITS:	1 undergraduate or 1 non-major graduate credits
COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:	See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements
DATES:	March 24-May 2, 2008
DELIVERY METHOD:	Independent Study; CDs will be mailed to students
TUITION:	$223 per credit (undergraduate) or $347 per credit (graduate) / Other fees that will be assessed
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM:	Master of Agriculture; Bachelor of Liberal Studies; Master of Science in Agricultural Education
INSTRUCTOR:	Roger McEowen, mceowen@iastate.edu
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:	March 7, 2008
TEXT:	McEowen, Roger A. and Neil E. Harl. Principles of Agricultural Law: Water, Environment, and Natural Resources. Eugene, OR: Agricultural Law Press.