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Courses - Spring 2025
MIEH
Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
Open Seats as of
12/21/2024 at 10:30 PM
MIEH690
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UMD Global STEWARDS: Experiential Exploration of Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS)
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of instructor; and must be in UMD Global STEWARDS Fellows.
Experiential introduction to broad food, energy, water (FEW) nexus topics, focusing on how integration across the biological, physical, social, behavioral, computer and engineering sciences will be critical in solving FEW systems challenges. FEW nexus issues from molecular to societal levels and from local to global scales will be covered. Course meetings will include active learning-based lectures, discussions, on-campus and off-campus field trips, hands-on activities, brainstorming about interdisciplinary FEW systems projects, and guest lectures.