ACBS571

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In this course, students will learn how quantitative and qualitative measures are applied to assess risk, with food safety as the primary exemplar, and how risk assessments are used to establish risk management options for national and international policies, regulations and guidelines impacting global food trade. Students will study how to differentiate various risk management processes (regulatory and non-regulatory), and how to analyze scenarios where governments and international bodies use various risk management tools. Students will learn how national and international bodies are influenced by both politics and science. Based on risk assessment and risk management options, students will develop appropriate and effective risk communication messages for various audiences, and understand the importance of risk communication during crisis management. Students will be able to recognize various crisis and non-crisis risk communication tools.

In addition to a Module Examination, each graduate student will complete additional case studies, with specific case study topics and due dates posted on D2L during the first week of classes. Case studies are designed to test the application of learning outcomes for each module. During the final learning module, graduate students will develop and present a class tutorial review of their conclusions from these case studies and present it to the class.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

GIDP - ABS (Applied Biosciences)

ACBS471