This proposal will address two educational need areas:

1) Curricular Design and Materials Development and
2) Instructional Delivery System

This proposal will address the need to develop a sequence of seed science and technology courses that will focus on national concerns about inadequate course offerings. Distance learning through web-based technology will create new approaches to traditional on-campus learning. The collaboration of seed scientists at multiple universities will maximize efficiency of course development with quality instructors and decrease the unnecessary duplication of producing course materials. This new delivery system will provide national accessibility for students interested in the specialized area of seed science and technology. The overall impact of developing these new courses and establishing a national seed science curriculum will be to provide a more effective and efficient delivery of seed science courses and to produce students qualified to meet the career development needs of the seed industry.