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Grassland Management Graduate Certificate

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Grazing Ecology and Management

University:
South Dakota State University South Dakota State University logo
Course Number:
RANG 750
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $622 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 25, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Overview

Course Description

This course discusses the ecological principles of domesticated livestock grazing and their application to manage grazing lands. Theoretical and applied models of plant/animal interactions will be presented. Grazing systems and their management of ecosystem services will be presented as balance between production and conservation outcomes.

Contacts

Instructor

Rachel Short
Office: 605-394-2236
Rachel.Short@sdstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

Not Required

Course Access

 
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students. 
 
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
 
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact Sarah at idea.sdsuprograms@sdstate.edu or 605-688-6988 for assistance.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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