[PyrNet-L] Cornell on line genetics course.

["Patti Brunkala" <menditar@grrtech.com>]

I have received permission to post this from another list in order to get a
wider audience and *hopefully* enough interest!   If you are interested, do
visit the bulletin board referenced on the website - they answer a lot of
questions there.  And Cornell gets right back to you if you put your name
is as interested. 

> Cornell Seeks Input for Internet-Based Course on Canine Genetics
> By John Pollak, Dept. of Animal Science at Cornell University
> 
> The Department of Animal Science at Cornell University is in the process
of
> developing a distance-education course on canine genetics. This course is
> intended for all dog enthusiasts. This course will focus on simply
> inherited
> characteristics and will include lectures on modes of inheritance and
> seminars on particular characteristics. The format will consist of eight
> lectures and four or five seminars delivered via the World Wide Web.
> Participants will receive a CD-ROM containing an interactive textbook,
> laboratory exercises, and other tutorials. Access to the instructors and
> teaching assistants will be via e-mail and telephone. The anticipated
cost
> of the course will be $350 -$400. The first offering is planned for late
> spring of 1999 and will run four to five weeks. The purpose of this web
> page
> is to determine level of interest in such a course and to form a group of
> potential participants who would be interested in discussing possible
> course
> topics.
> 
> Last year we offered the prototype of this class live to eighty people
here
> at Cornell as a weekend-long workshop. Before we can seriously undertake
> the
> effect and expense of developing a program, Cornell would like to assess
> need and interest in the field for a canine genetics web-based course.
> Therefore, we have developed a survey web page at
> (http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/cat/dogcourse.html). People responding
> through
> this web site will address questions as to how the program should be
> developed to serve their needs. Please take a moment to visit this web
site
> and provide valuable input that will help us to design and build this
> innovative course.
>