printer friendly pageHUMBIO 40SI: Development and Diversity in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most linguistically, culturally, and biologically diverse nations in the world, and due to the influx of globalizing forces and modernization, it is experiencing an era of extreme dynamism. How a country with over 850 native languages can create a unified and effective education system; how a country long exploited by its neighbors can learn to manage its natural resources. Course coincides with the Stanford-Papua New Guinea Conference on Development in late February where students may meet with key leaders in PNG development, including the PNG ambassadors to the U.S. and the UN, as well as lawyers, academics, and PNG students. Students encouraged to develop their own research or service projects with university students from PNG during the following summer. Taught by students who have lived and taught in PNG.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Siegel, R. (PI)
HUMBIO 82A: Qualitative Research Methodology
Goal is to develop knowledge and skills for designing and conducting qualitative research studies including purposes, conceptual contexts, research questions, methods, validity issues, and interactions among these facets. Each student designs a qualitative research study.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Wolf, J. (PI)
HUMBIO 82B: Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Research
For students writing up their own qualitative research. Students prepare a complete draft presenting their own qualitative research study including results, with reports drafted section by section, week by week. Class provides feedback, guidance, support.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Wolf, J. (PI)
HUMBIO 84Q: Social Justice, Responsibility, Health
Preference to sophomores. Reducing health disparities among segments of the US population is an over-arching goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Evidence for and cause of existing health disparities; criteria for calling a health disparity unjust; and assignment of responsibility for maintaining or recovering good health. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Heaney, C. (PI)
HUMBIO 86Q: Love as a Force for Social Change
Preference to sophomores. Biological, psychological, religious, social and cultural perspectives on the concept of love. How love is conceptualized across cultures; love as the basis of many religions; different kinds of love; the biology of love; love as sickness; love and sex; the languages of love including art, literature, music, and poetry. Emphasis is on writing. Oral presentation. A requirement of this class is participation in public blogs.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Murray, A. (PI)
HUMBIO 87Q: Women and Aging (MED 87Q)
Preference to sophomores. Biology, clinical issues, social and health policies of aging; relationships, lifestyles, and sexuality; wise women and grandmothers. Sources include scientific articles, essays, poetry, art, and film. Service-learning experience with older women.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Winograd, C. (PI)
HUMBIO 90Q: Contemporary Issues in Human Experimentation
Preference to sophomores. The guiding principles currently used to protect human subjects in terms of informed consent and protection of privacy; ethical issues relating to compensatory mechanisms for inherent risks; historical perspective and the development of the current mechanisms to safeguard the privacy and integrity of the individual; examples of use/abuse of human experimentation during medieval, Nazi, and modern times. Guest speakers currently performing human experiments or involved in approving such experimentation.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Constantinou, C. (PI)
HUMBIO 91Q: Neuroethology: The Neural Control of Behavior
Preference to sophomores. Animal behavior offers insights about evolutionary adaptations. The origins of the study of animal behavior and its development to the present. Discussion of original research papers. The use and misuse of parallels between animal and human behavior. Possible field trip to observe animals in their natural habitat.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
Instructors:
Fernald, R. (PI)
HUMBIO 97Q: Sport, Exercise, and Health: Exploring Sports Medicine (ORTHO 97Q)
Preference to sophomores. Sports medicine is the practice of clinical medicine at the interface between health and performance, competition and well-being. While sports medicine had its origins in providing care to athletes, medical advances developed in care of athletes exerted a great effect on the nature and quality of care to the broader community. Topics include sports injuries, medical conditions associated with sport and exercise, ethics, coaching, women's issues, fitness and health, and sports science. Case studies.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: Writing 2
Instructors:
Matheson, G. (PI)
HUMBIO 111: Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Resilence, Vulnerability, and Environmental Justice (ANTHRO 173)
The complexity of social and political issues surrounding global environmental change. Emphasis is on synergies precipitated by human-induced climatic change. Case studies and scenarios to explore the vulnerability and resilience in households, communities, regions, and nationmstates most affected by extreme weather conditions. Their concerns, livelihood changes, and diverse responses of rural smallholders, indigenous communities, the state, and local and regional migrants. Central theme is environmental justice.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Curran, L. (PI)
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