HUMBIO 178: Ethics and Politics of Public Service (CSRE 178, ETHICSOC 133, PHIL 175A, PHIL 275A, POLISCI 133, PUBLPOL 103D, URBANST 122)
Ethical and political questions in public service work, including volunteering, service learning, humanitarian assistance, and public service professions such as medicine and teaching. Motives and outcomes in service work. Connections between service work and justice. Is mandatory service an oxymoron? History of public service in the U.S. Issues in crosscultural service work. Integration with the Haas Center for Public Service to connect service activities and public service aspirations with academic experiences at Stanford.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
HUMBIO 178H: Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives (FEMST 105C, HISTORY 105C, INTNLREL 105C)
(Same as
HISTORY 5C. History majors and others taking 5 units, enroll in 105C.) Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the extent and complexity of the global phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for forced prostitution and labor exploitation, focusing on human rights violations and remedies. Provides a historical context for the development and spread of human trafficking. Analyzes the current international and domestic legal and policy frameworks to combat trafficking and evaluates their practical implementation. Examines the medical, psychological, and public health issues involved. Uses problem-based learning and offers an optional service-learning component.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Jolluck, K. (PI)
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Stacy, H. (PI)
HUMBIO 179S: Spirituality and Healing (ANTHRO 184)
This course considers the puzzle of symbolic healing. How have societies without the resources of modern medicine approached healing? Why do these rituals have common features around the world? We explore shamanism, spirit possession, prayer, and the role of placebos in modern biomedicine. Students will do ethnographic work and practical explorations along with more traditional scholarly approaches to learning.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Luhrmann, T. (PI)
HUMBIO 180: Human Skeletal Anatomy (ANTHRO 175, ANTHRO 275, BIO 174, BIO 274)
Study of the human skeleton (a. k. a. human osteology), as it bears on other disciplines, including medicine, forensics, archaeology, and paleoanthropology (human evolution). Basic bone biology, anatomy, and development, emphasizing hands-on examination and identification of human skeletal parts, their implications for determining an individual¿s age, sex, geographic origin, and health status, and for the evolutionary history of our species. Three hours of lecture and at least three hours of supervised and independent study in the lab each week.
Terms: Win
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Klein, R. (PI)
HUMBIO 182: Peopling of the Globe: Changing Patterns of Land Use and Consumption Over the Last 50,000 Years (ANTHRO 18, ARCHLGY 12, EARTHSYS 21)
Fossil, genetic and archaeological evidence suggest that modern humans began to disperse out of Africa about 50,000 years ago. Subsequently, humans have colonized every major landmass on earth. This class introduces students to the data and issues regarding human dispersal, migration and colonization of continents and islands around the world. We explore problems related to the timing and cause of colonizing events, and investigate questions about changing patterns of land use, demography and consumption. Students are introduced to critical relationships between prehistoric population changes and our contemporary environmental crisis.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
HUMBIO 183: Astrobiology and Space Exploration
Evolution in the context of space and time, focusing on the emergence of life in a planetary context on Earth and possibly elsewhere. The evolution of intelligence and the search for it elsewhere. The biological, psychological, sociological, and philosophical issues of human space exploration. Integrates information from astronautics, astrophysics, biochemistry, chemistry, evolutionary biology, geology, paleontology, physiology, psychology, and sociology. Guest lectures by scientists and astronauts from NASA, SETI, Stanford, and other universities. Prerequisite: two college-level science courses such as Human Biology core, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
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Units: 3-4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Rothschild, L. (PI)
HUMBIO 186: Biological Clocks (BIO 135)
The biological basis for endogenous timekeeping in organisms from flies to human beings. How biological clocks are constructed at the molecular, tissue, and behavioral levels; how these clocks interact with other physiological systems and allow animals to anticipate changes in their environment. Applications of circadian rhythm principles to treating human disorders and diseases such as cancer. Prerequisite: Biology or Human Biology core, or consent of instructor.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBNatSci
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
HUMBIO 187: Human Diversity: A Linguistic Perspective (ANTHRO 123A)
The diversity and distribution of human language and its implications for the origin and evolution of the human species. The origin of existing languages and the people who speak them. Where did current world languages come from and how can this diversity be used to study human prehistory? Evidence from related fields such as archaeology and human genetics. Topics: the origin of the Indo-European languages, the peopling of the Americas, and evidence that all human languages share a common origin.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBSocSci, GER:ECGlobalCom
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
HUMBIO 193: Research in Human Biology
Independent research conducted under faculty supervision, in junior or senior year, normally but not necessarily in pursuit of an honors project. May be taken for a maximum 3 quarters of credit. Prerequisite: Faculty approval; application available in student services office.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
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Units: 1-5
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit
Instructors:
Abrams, W. (PI)
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Adam, M. (PI)
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Alles, W. (PI)
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Barr, D. (PI)
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Boggs, C. (PI)
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Carlson, J. (PI)
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Cheshier, S. (PI)
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Chu, J. (PI)
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Corso, I. (PI)
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Dhabhar, F. (PI)
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Durham, W. (PI)
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Eggleston, K. (PI)
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Feldman, M. (PI)
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Fernald, A. (PI)
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Fernald, R. (PI)
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Fisher, P. (PI)
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Frank, M. (PI)
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Friedlander, A. (PI)
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Fuller, M. (PI)
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Gardner, C. (PI)
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Garza, D. (PI)
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Giffard, R. (PI)
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Gold, G. (PI)
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Gotlib, I. (PI)
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Greely, H. (PI)
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Gross, J. (PI)
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Heaney, C. (PI)
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Heller, H. (PI)
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Helms, J. (PI)
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Katzenstein, D. (PI)
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Koopman, C. (PI)
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Lyons, D. (PI)
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Magnus, D. (PI)
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Maldonado, Y. (PI)
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Matheson, G. (PI)
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Medoff, L. (PI)
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Murray, A. (PI)
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Obradovic, J. (PI)
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Penn, A. (PI)
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Porzig, E. (PI)
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Preston, K. (PI)
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Robinson, T. (PI)
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Rothschild, L. (PI)
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Ruhlen, M. (PI)
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Sapolsky, R. (PI)
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Scott, M. (PI)
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Shen, K. (PI)
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Siegel, R. (PI)
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Smith, D. (PI)
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Stafford, R. (PI)
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Stefanick, M. (PI)
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Weissman, I. (PI)
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Wine, J. (PI)
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Wise, P. (PI)
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Wolf, J. (PI)
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Zaroff, L. (PI)
HUMBIO 194: Honors
Completion of the honors project, normally taken in the student's final quarter. First component: the honors thesis, a final paper providing evidence of rigorous research, fully referenced, and written in an accepted scientific style. Second component: participation in the honors symposium, including a 10-minute oral presentation followed by a brief question and answer session. Prerequisites: 193 or 199, and acceptance into the honors program.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
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Units: 1-10
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Abrams, W. (PI)
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Adam, M. (PI)
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Alles, W. (PI)
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Barr, D. (PI)
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Boggs, C. (PI)
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Brown, M. (PI)
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Carlson, J. (PI)
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Cheshier, S. (PI)
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Chu, J. (PI)
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Corso, I. (PI)
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Dhabhar, F. (PI)
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Durham, W. (PI)
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Eggleston, K. (PI)
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Feldman, M. (PI)
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Fernald, A. (PI)
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Fernald, R. (PI)
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Fisher, P. (PI)
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Frank, M. (PI)
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Friedlander, A. (PI)
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Fuller, M. (PI)
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Gardner, C. (PI)
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Garza, D. (PI)
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Giffard, R. (PI)
;
Gold, G. (PI)
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Gotlib, I. (PI)
;
Greely, H. (PI)
;
Gross, J. (PI)
;
Heaney, C. (PI)
;
Heller, H. (PI)
;
Helms, J. (PI)
;
Katzenstein, D. (PI)
;
Koopman, C. (PI)
;
Lyons, D. (PI)
;
Magnus, D. (PI)
;
Maldonado, Y. (PI)
;
Matheson, G. (PI)
;
Medoff, L. (PI)
;
Murray, A. (PI)
;
Obradovic, J. (PI)
;
Penn, A. (PI)
;
Popat, R. (PI)
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Porzig, E. (PI)
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Preston, K. (PI)
;
Robinson, T. (PI)
;
Rothschild, L. (PI)
;
Ruhlen, M. (PI)
;
Sapolsky, R. (PI)
;
Scott, M. (PI)
;
Shen, K. (PI)
;
Siegel, R. (PI)
;
Smith, D. (PI)
;
Stafford, R. (PI)
;
Stefanick, M. (PI)
;
Steinman, L. (PI)
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Weissman, I. (PI)
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Wine, J. (PI)
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Winograd, C. (PI)
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Wise, P. (PI)
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Wolf, J. (PI)
;
Zaroff, L. (PI)