Biosecurity Minor
Our increasingly global society creates opportunity for the spread of both intentional and unintentional threats to food and agriculture. To protect the food system from harm, agrosecurity, biosecurity, and cybersecurity need to work hand in hand. Put in positive terms, biosecurity is the opposite of bioterrorism and not only includes the study of threats, but the systems necessary to prevent those threats or reinforce resiliency to those threats.
This minor allows students to formalize a grouping of courses from social science and agriculture to STEM disciplines with a focus area on biosecurity. Topics include bioterror threats, prevention, and resilience in our lived, built, and natural environments.
Requirements
MMG 002 | SU:Unseen Wrlds:Microbes & You | 3 |
ASCI 007 | ABCs of Biosecurity | 3 |
CDAE 032 | Protect Your Privacy | 2 |
CDAE 195 | Special Topics (Agroterrorism and BioPiracy) | 3 |
Restricted Electives (6 credits) | ||
Exploring Cybersecurity | ||
Crisis Communication | ||
Smart Resilient Communities | ||
Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
or NFS 114 | Human Health in the Food Syst | |
Microbiol & Infectious Disease | ||
Bioterrorism | ||
Deadly Food: Outbreak Investig | ||
Global Food Safety | ||
Intro International Relations | ||
or POLS 071 | Comparative World Politics | |
International Security | ||
D2:Int'l Politics Middle East | ||
D2:Global Gender Inequality | ||
D2: Latin American Politics | ||
Other advisor-approved courses as appropriate | ||
Students interested in pursuing upper-level electives for this minor, please be aware that some have prerequisites not included in the minor course of study. |