printer friendly pageHUMBIO 16SC: Stanford Safari: Field Observations in Our Own Backyard
Interdisciplinary approach to analyzing complex institutions using Stanford as focus; field observation skills including photography. Disciplines include anthropology, sociology, structural and landscape architectures, art, photography, tourism, educational theory, history, climatology, ecology, natural history.
HUMBIO 170: Justice, Policy, and Science
The role of science in civil rights, justice, policy, criminal justice, evidence, education, and disabled rights.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Abrams, W. (PI)
;
Hedges, H. (TA)
HUMBIO 172A: 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
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Abrams, W. (PI)
;
Hedges, H. (TA)
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.
Last offered: Winter 2008
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
HUMBIO 174: Foundations of Bioethics
Classic articles, legal cases, and foundational concepts. Theoretical approaches derived from philosophy. The ethics of medicine and research on human subjects, assisted reproductive technologies, genetics, cloning, and stem cell research. Ethical issues at the end of life. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-ER
Instructors:
Magnus, D. (PI)
HUMBIO 175: Health Care as Seen Through Medical History, Literature, and the Arts
The differences between disease as pathology and as the patient's experience. Topics include: patient-doctor relationships; medical technology; the changing focus on illness; gender issues; love, sex, and illness; mental illness; sick children; and death and dying. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Zaroff, L. (PI)
;
Chan, T. (TA)
HUMBIO 175S: Novels and Theater of Illness
Illness and disease through novels and plays by authors including Shakespeare, Miller, Sophocles, Hemingway, and Camus. How sickness involves the patient, family, community, and state. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Zaroff, L. (PI)
;
Chan, T. (TA)
HUMBIO 176: Impact of Infectious Diseases on Human History
Impact of infectious diseases on human society. Some topics include: Plague of Justinian and 14th century; impact on exploration, trade and conquest; how slavery, malaria and yellow fever conspired to alter the New World; Microbes and war; diseases of poverty¿tuberculosis and others; Cholera and public health; pandemic influenza; diseases of human progress. Students will also keep a diary of current examples of interaction between infectious diseases and societal issues. A requirement of this class is participation in public blogs.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Falkow, S. (PI)
;
Tompkins, L. (PI)
HUMBIO 180: Human Osteology (ANTHRO 175, ANTHRO 275)
The human skeleton. Focus is on identification of fragmentary human skeletal remains. Analytical methods include forensic techniques, archaeological analysis, paleopathology, and age/sex estimation. Students work independently in the laboratory with the skeletal collection.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
DeGusta, D. (PI)
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, Stanford, SETI, and other universities. Prerequisite: two college-level science courses such as Human Biology core, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
Instructors:
Rothschild, L. (PI)
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