Summer 2018 Course Syllabi

Week 10 Wood Rots Week 11 Bacterial Disorders Week 12 Wilts and Rusts Week 13 Viruses Week 14 Nematodes Week 15 Review Week 16 Final Exam Relationship to Campus Theme: Nature, Technology and Beyond Plant diseases impact our forests, parks, and urban landscapes. Yet, in nature diseases play an important role in promoting diversity among species as well as helping to keep overall plant populations strong. New technologies are introduced constantly in order to battle these pathogens. The future of plant pathology will be to find ways to work with nature in order to prevent disease instead of trying to control it. Classroom Policies: This three credit, online course requires the following to build and engage a classroom community of learners: Log in to the course a minimum of three times per week. Complete and submit coursework on time. Pace yourself, and make sure that all assignments are completed by the end of the semester. Late work may not be submitted and will earn 0 points. Communicate with the instructor. Reading the assigned texts is the student’s responsibility and is essential to success in this course. This academic environment is open and harassment free.