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3.00 Credits
The Creative Writing Workshops are writing courses in the tradition of the classic writer’s workshop, but with the advantage of being online. Students will write and criticize their own material in light of modern critical thought and development.
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3.00 Credits
Readings from ancient dramatic works including those of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes. Exploration of the unique nature and continuing significance of Greek tragedy and Greek theater in the drama of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. All discussion will stem from Aristotle’s Poetics as the basis for western dramatic traditions and conventions. Topics of study from the texts will include such issues as the tragic voice, the role of women, the nature of heroism, human beings' relationship to the divine, and the role of fate in human affairs.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to many of the important aspects of running a horse-housing establishment, including barn hygiene, air quality, fencing and pasture maintenance and improvement, a safety audit and many more. This course provides practical and updated information needed to ensure a safe and healthy environment for horses, through effective and responsible management techniques.
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3.00 Credits
Preventing disease and health problems should be the goal of every horse owner and this course will help you do that. Many important topics are covered to help you maintain optimal health by developing a year-round health maintenance program. You will be introduced to many of the common problems faced by horses (many due to management problems) and you will learn the steps to take to reduce that risk for your horses. Topics covered are daily health checks, body condition scoring, developing a year round health maintenance program, first aid treatments, hoof health, lameness, teeth and dental care, colic, gastrointestinal problems, respiratory and cardiovascular health, pre-purchase exams and owner obligations.
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3.00 Credits
This course leads you through the maze of equine nutrition and gives you the practical knowledge and skills you need to develop and maintain a healthy nutritional program for your horse. The course covers the basics of nutrition, balancing rations and special populations for horse owners, trainers, coaches, barn managers, grooms, and these working in the feed and tack industries. Topics covered are assessing your horse, digestive function and nutrient requirements, forages, concentrates, supplements, finding the balance, practice at rationing, broodmares and stallions, the growing foal, special cases, toxic plants, and problems of nutritional origin.
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3.00 Credits
The ability of the horse to move and achieve a variety of athletic feats is fascinating to watch. This course examines the components of the systems that enable these athletic achievements. It is a study of the functions of those components, and the anatomical structures that fulfill those functions. A case scenario is used to introduce anatomy and how it all works. Topics covered are the musculoskeletal system, anatomical features that supply fuel to the horse, lungs and respiratory system, the excretory systems, the nervous and endocrine systems, the reproductive system and the skin.
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3.00 Credits
The future career of a horse depends on the development of a solid foundation, even before conception! This course will introduce you to sound management practices for your broodmare and stallion, then follows through the breeding to birth cycle of the life of the horse. You will gain valuable insight on preventing problems and maintaining the health of your "equine family" establishment. Topics covered are structure and function of the mare and stallion, care and management, body condition scoring and estimating weight, breeding options, gestation, foaling and potential warning signs, newborns requirements for optimal growth and development. Offered Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces many of the important aspects of conditioning the equine athlete for various disciplines, including topics such as base conditioning, aerobic and anaerobic exercise and recovery, monitoring of conditioning gains and prevention of health and performance problems and more. This course provides a practical and updated information needed to ensure a safe and effective training program through applied scientific knowledge of exercise physiology. Topics covered are how movement happens; muscles; energy sources; energy transfer to muscles; oxygen transfer to muscles; how NOT to cook a horse; water; electrolytes and thermoregulation; determining when it is better to excrete or recycle; determining endurance levels. Offered Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course describes the study of methods for planning and building financial resources, which can meet the goals of the individual and her (his) household throughout the changing life cycle. Focuses on money and property management, budgeting, income generation, asset protection, tax considerations, and estate planning. Offered Fall, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course shall focus attention on the tools and concepts for financial decision making in five broad areas: financial management, valuation of financial assets, capital budgeting, capital structure, and working capital management. The study includes the time value of money, capital budgeting, sources of long-term capital and short-term financial management. Other topics will address financial ration analysis, organization of financial markets, and international (global) finance. Offered Fall, Spring
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