printer friendly pagePSYC 28SI: Alt Spring Break: Changing Face of HIV/AIDS - Confronting a Shifting Epidemic in San Francisco
Preparation for the 2011 HIV/AIDS spring break trip. Investigates the history of HIV/AIDS in the US and worldwide, with a specifc focus on the city of San Francisco. Weekly discussions grapple with social and medical issues such as the discrimination HIV+ people face in obtaining access to care and housing, the huge stigma still attached to the disease, the nature and meaning of how one tiny virus could wipe out almost an entire generation of unsuspecting men and women of all ages, and the cutting-edge technology being developed to combat HIV. Prerequisite: acceptance into the Alternative Spring Break Program.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Koopman, C. (PI)
PSYC 32SI: Exploring Autism
Examines autism and the issues, from neurobiology to education and the role of schools, surrounding its increasing prevalence - today one of every 110 children and one of every 70 boys. Researchers, politicians, teachers, and families are searching for answers. Weekly presentations by guest lecturers capped by a service-learning component visiting and assisting local autism-focused organizations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Hallmayer, J. (PI)
PSYC 71Q: Eight Ages of Man
Ways in which a psychologcially-minded attitude can add to the appreciation of literature; how literature can be used to understand issues and themes of the developing personality. Using the well-known essay by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, "The Eight Ages of Man," as a foundation, works reflecting elements of an age or ages are read. "Wisdom of the Ego" by Dr. George Valliant serves as a resouce to better understand this model, as well as offering a more contemporary theory of personality development.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Van Natta, J. (PI)
PSYC 72Q: Traumatic Stress
Effects of traumatic events; interventions to alleviate their psychosocial impact. Events include natural disasters, illness, interpersonal violence, war, the Holocaust, and terrorism. Resilience factors that protect individuals from adverse effects. Oral and multimedia presentation.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Koopman, C. (PI)
PSYC 76Q: Temperament and Creativity in Mood Disorders
Preference to sophomores. Western cultural notions of mad geniuses and artistic temperaments. How many individuals who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, and related problems are nonetheless productively creative. Current psychological and neurobiological research, and assessment of mood, temperament, and creativity. Emphasis is on written and oral communications and multimedia presentations. Write 2. Prerequisite:
PWR 1.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Ketter, T. (PI)
PSYC 78Q: Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes
Developmental, psychological, social, and performance issues in collegiate sports. Topics include transition to Stanford, time management, optimizing mental fitness, coping with injuries.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Steiner, H. (PI)
;
McCurdy, M. (TA)
PSYC 81Q: Fate of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Sub Saharan Africa: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic
The complicated forces,shaped by geopolitcal history and current events, that frame all social programs, the care of orphans in the context of the AIDS pandemic in particular; history of the care of orphans; developmental effects of deprivation of care and nurturing. Guest speakers.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Reicherter, D. (PI)
;
Solvason, H. (PI)
PSYC 111Q: Madness and the Womb: Medical and Artistic Approaches to Mental Illness in Women Through the Ages
Historical and current concepts of mental illness in women. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMS), postpartum depression, menopausal mood disorders, and eating disorders. Historical biopsychosocial approach. Readings include women's diaries and advice books, physicians' casebooks, and 19th- and 20th-century medical texts. Guest speakers from art and literature departments. Literary and artistic images, and the social and cultural contexts of these disorders during the last 300 years.
Last offered: Autumn 2008
PSYC 135: Sleep and Dreams (PSYC 235)
Current research on how sleep affects our daily lives. Physiology of non-REM and REM sleep, dreams and dreaming, content, psychophysiological cause, lucid dreaming, sleep need, sleep debt, daytime alertness, and performance; biological clock and circadian rhythms; sleep disorders, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleepwalking, jet lag, sleeping pills, sleep and mental illness, sleep and memory, and the impact of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders on academic and social life. Multimedia presentations, guest lectures, and projects.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Dement, W. (PI)
;
Morton, K. (TA)
PSYC 136A: Valuescience: Shedding Illusion to Live Better (PSYC 236A)
Applying scientific methods and principles to discern and realize value. Readings in history, philosophy, ecology, economics, sociology, linguistics and psychology pertinent to scientific and cultural revolutions attending the emergence of valuescience as foundation for an increasing range of human action. Perceptual, cognitive, and cultural impediments to valuescience; strategies for overcoming these; personal and social benefits of doing so. 4 units includes 5 practices weekly, ranging from meditation to aerobic exercise.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
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