printer friendly pagePORTLANG 394: Graduate Studies in Portuguese Conversation
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.nn (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
PORTLANG 395: Graduate Studies in Portuguese
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.nn (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-5
| Repeatable
for credit
PORTLANG 50: Reading in Portuguese
Introductory class for students with superior reading proficiency in Spanish or another Romance language. Reading competence for research and courses in Luso-Brazilian studies. Literary, journalistic, and academic readings. Fulfills University reading requirement for advanced degrees. May be offered alternate years.
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: Spr
| 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 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, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Dement, W. (PI)
;
Carney, A. (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
Instructors:
Dement, W. (PI)
;
Mah, C. (TA)
PSYC 136B: Valuescience: Shedding Illusion to Live Better (PSYC 236B)
Continuation of 136A/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: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Dement, W. (PI)
;
Mah, C. (TA)
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