printer friendly pageHUMBIO 122M: Challenges of Human Migration: Health and Health Care of Migrants and Autochthonous Populations (PEDS 212)
An emerging area of inquiry. Topics include: global migration trends, health Issues/aspects of migration, healthcare and the needs of immigrants in the US, and migrants as healthcare providers: a new area of inquiry in the US. Class is structured to include: lectures lead by the instructor and possible guest speakers; seminar, discussion and case study sessions led by students.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Rodriguez, E. (PI)
HUMBIO 122S: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health
Examines health disparities in the U.S., looking at the patterns of those disparities and their root causes. Explores the intersection of lower social class and ethnic minority status in affecting health status and access to health care. Compares social and biological conceptualizations of race and ethnicity.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
HUMBIO 128: Community Health Psychology (PSYCH 101)
Social ecological perspective on health emphasizing how individual health behavior is shaped by social forces. Topics include: biobehavioral factors in health; health behavior change; community health promotion; and psychological aspects of illness, patient care, and chronic disease management. Prerequisites:
HUMBIO 3B or
PSYCH 1, or equivalent.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Heaney, C. (PI)
HUMBIO 149L: Longevity (NENS 202, PSYCH 102)
Interdisciplinary. Challenges to and solutions for the young from increased human life expectancy: health care, financial markets, families, work, and politics. Guest lectures from engineers, economists, geneticists, and physiologists.
Terms: given next year
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
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Grading: Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC)
Instructors:
Carstensen, L. (PI)
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Rando, T. (PI)
HUMBIO 171: The Death Penalty: Human Biology, Law, and Policy
Combines academic study with student participation in forensic research and case investigation, including DNA evidence, psychological and physiological development, mental and physical disabilities, and witness interviews. The philosophy, structure, and application of capital punishment in the U.S. Goal is to examine and challenge the issues involved in the death penalty from the perspective of involvement in a real case. Course not taught from a preconceived belief or political or philosophical agenda except to involve students in an intellectual challenge of policy and philosophy. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Abrams, W. (PI)
HUMBIO 172B: Children, Youth, and the Law
How the legal rights of children and adolescents in America are defined, protected, and enforced through the legal process within the context of their developmental needs and competing societal interests. Topics: origins and definitions of children's rights; adoption; custody; the juvenile justice system; education; informed consent; health care; protection from harm and child welfare; due process; and privacy and freedom of expression. Interactive, using hypotheticals for discussion and analysis. A and B alternate annually; students may take one or both. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Abrams, W. (PI)
HUMNTIES 191R: What is Life? The History of a Question (HISTORY 242A, HISTORY 342A)
History of attempts to understand the nature of life and mind by comparing living creatures with artificial machines and material arrangements. Imitations of animal life and human thought and discussions of relations between creatures and contraptions from antiquity onward, with an eye toward providing historical depth to current attempts to simulate life and mind.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
INTNLREL 1: Introduction to International Relations (POLISCI 1)
Approaches to the study of conflict and cooperation in world affairs. Applications to war, terrorism, trade policy, the environment, and world poverty. Debates about the ethics of war and the global distribution of wealth.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-AQR, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Fearon, J. (PI)
Fearon, J. (PI)
INTNLREL 110C: America and the World Economy (POLISCI 110C, POLISCI 110X)
Examination of contemporary US foreign economic policy. Areas studied: the changing role of the dollar; mechanism of international monetary management; recent crises in world markets including those in Europe and Asia; role of IMF, World Bank and WTO in stabilizing world economy; trade politics and policies; the effects of the globalization of business on future US prosperity.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Goldstein, J. (PI)
INTNLREL 110D: War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (POLISCI 110D, POLISCI 110Y)
(Students not taking this course for WIM, register for 110Y.) The causes of war in American foreign policy. Issues: international and domestic sources of war and peace; war and the American political system; war, intervention, and peace making in the post-Cold War period.
Terms: Win
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Schultz, K. (PI)
Schultz, K. (PI)
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