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Experimental courses do not appear in the official catalog listings. For further information regarding when experimental courses are offered, check the Online Schedule of Classes.

2005-07 Catalog

Last Updated: 5/24/2007

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Veterinary Clinical Sciences 305X. Shelter Medicine. Cr. 1. Prereq: First year classification in Veterinary Medicine or with permission of instructor. An elective course designed to educate the veterinary student about issues of relevance to companion animal population and shelter medicine and welfare. Students may concurrently be enrolled in VCS 306X.

Veterinary Clinical Sciences 368X. Emergency Medicine Elective. Cr 2. Prereq: Enrolled in College of Veterinary Medicine curriculum and has completed the first year. Streeter. Basic Principles of small animal emergency and critical care medicine.

Veterinary Clinical Sciences 392X Introduction to Small Animal Abdominal Ultrasonography. Cr. 2. Prereq: Third year classification in veterinary medicine; limited to 28 students designated by lottery. Elective course focuses on the fundamentals of performing and interpreting abdominal ultrasonography in the small animal patient.

Veterinary Clinical Sciences 408X. Introductory Clinical Oncology. Cr. 2. Prereq: 444. Provide basic and advanced clinical applications regarding recognition, diagnostic approach, treatment and overall comprehension of oncologic conditions. Specifically, it is designed to provide an understanding of basic biologic, behavior of cancer, indications for various diagnostic approaches, common tumor treatments (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy), goals of therapy, and clinical application of this information. A multi-modality approach to learning objectives will be utilized with discussion sessions involving specialist form key specialties (Diagnostic Imaging, Surgery, Pathology) as they relate to cancer cases.

Veterinary Clinical Sciences 461X. Advanced Small Animal Internal Medicine. Cr. 1. Prereq: V C S 444. A discussion of advanced topics in small animal internal medicine, including topics that were not covered in V C S 444 and continuing discussion about complex topics that were introduced in V C S 444. There would be more case-based discussions and a team learning project would be figured into the course grade.

Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine 309X. Introduction to Production Animal Informatics. Cr. 1. May be taken more than once for credit. Prereq: Enrolled in the College of Veterinary Medicine curriculum. Introduction to computer tools used in production medicine with practical applications.

Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine 310X. Introduction to Production Medicine. Cr. 2. Prereq: currently enrolled in Vet Med III. The role of the veterinarian in the management of animal health and production in dairy and beef cattle herds, beef feedlots and swine herds. Provides veterinary students with a starting point to understand the principles and techniques that are the basis of food-animal health management programs.

Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine 407X. Evidence Based Clinical Decision Making. (Dual-listed with 507X.) Cr.1. Prereq: ISU College of Veterinary Medicine students, or by permission of the instructor.  Evans. Discussion, lectures and laboratories to assess the quality and significance of medical evidence in making informed decisions about the treatment of individual animals.  Nonmajor graduate credit.

Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine 476X. Food Animal Field Service. Cr. 2. May be taken more than once for credit. Prereq: Fourth Year classification in Veterinary Medicine or Permission of Instructor. Elective course in food animal field services. Students will assist the University veterinarian in delivering health care production management services to the ISU livestock farms and other selected farms in the region. Focus will be on delivery of individual animal care and establishment of best practices for herd management of dairy production systems at the university and in the region.

Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine 507X. Evidence Based Clinical Decision Making. (Dual-listed with 407X.) Cr. 1. Prereq: ISU College of Veterinary Medicine students, or by permission of the instructor. Evans. Discussion, lectures and laboratories to assess the quality and significance of medical evidence in making informed decisions about the treatment of individual animals.

Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine 570X. Risk Assessment for Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Medicine (same as Agron 570X) Cr. 3. Prereq: Stat 104 or consent of instructors. Wolt, Hurd. Risk assessment principles as applied to biological systems. Exposure and effects characterization in human and animal health and ecological risk assessment. Risk analysis frameworks and regulatory decision-making. Introduction to quantitative methods for risk assessment using epidemiological and distributional analyses. Uncertainty analysis.

Veterinary Microbiology and Pre-Veterinary Medicine 493X. CDC Epidemiology Elective Preceptorship. Cr.  6. This elective will provide an introduction to preventive medicine, public health and the principles of applied epidemiology within the working atmosphere of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Students are assigned to a branch and department and work closely with CDC scientific staff and “disease detectives” on current public health problems. Students may also take part in outbreak investigations away from their assigned “home base.” Students will work on a project of public health significance while at the CDC and submit a report of their project/activities upon completion, in addition to meeting with the instructor upon their return.

Veterinary Pathology 530X. Teaching and Learning in Veterinary Medical Education. Cr. 3. Study of principles of teaching and learning as they relate to veterinary medical education. Subtopics will include 1. Theories of learning, 2. Analyzing content/learners/context, 3. Identifying goals, 4. Identifying appropriate instructional strategies (specific to medical education), 5. Matching assessment processes to goals and strategies, 6. Common curricular approaches and decision-making processes in medical education, 7. The scholarship of teaching and learning for veterinary medical educators.

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Women's Studies 205X. Introduction to Queer Studies. Cr. 3. Hickok, Blumenfeld. Prereq: Engl 105. Interdisciplinary study of issues relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer identities in the U.S. Attention to race, socioeconomic class, and intergenerational conflicts.

Women's Studies 222X. Leadership Styles and Strategies in a Diverse Society. (Same as LAS 222X.) See Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Women's Studies 288X. Leadership, Personal and Professional Explorations for Women. (Same as W S 288X). Cr. 2. See Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Women's Studies 302X. Issues in Women's Health and Reproduction. Cr. 3. Prereq: Women's Studies 201 or 3 credits in Women's Studies at 300 level or above. Price-Herndl. Current feminist scholarship in the social sciences and humanities on women's health, health care, and reproduction. Intersections among race, gender, class, and sexuality are emphasized.

Women's Studies 333X. Women in Leadership and Public Service. (Same as LAS 333X). See Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Women's Studies 352X. Gay and Lesbian Literature. Cr. 3. (Same as Engl 352X). See English.

Women's Studies 391X. Learning in Action Seminar. Cr. 2. Prereq: 201. This course is designed for majors and minors in Women's Studies to work collaboratively on projects that allow the application of women's studies scholarship to problems and issues concerning women and gender. Projects can range from working on campus and community issues, to disseminating women's studies scholarship to local schools or groups, to writing and other creative projects. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Women's Studies 486X. History of Medicine, Gender, and the Body (same as Hist 486X.) See History.

Women's Studies 488X. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women and Research. (Same as LAS 488X.) See Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Women's Studies 550X. Topics in Women's Studies. Cr. 3, each time taken, maximum of 6. Prereq: 3 credits in Women's Studies at the 300 level or above. Special and/or experimental topics in a specific discipline, e.g., women and education, women and religion, women and the law, women and science.

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