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HUMBIO 147: Population and Society in Europe and China

Comparison of family life and population dynamics in the radically different societies found at the opposite ends of Eurasia. Life at the extremes.
Instructors: Wolf, A. (PI)

HUMBIO 147C: Chinese Culture and Society

An anthropological survey of life in China in the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings include literary works as well as research monographs.
Instructors: Wolf, A. (PI)

HUMBIO 148: Kinship and Marriage

The courses compares selected societies in Africa, Asia, and South Asia with the aim of discovering the nature of human kinship systems.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender
Instructors: Wolf, A. (PI)

HUMBIO 148W: Women, Fertility, and Work (ANTHRO 151, ANTHRO 251)

How do choices relating to bearing, nursing, and raising children influence women's participation in the labor force? Cultural, demographic, and evolutionary explanations, using crosscultural case studies. Emphasis is on understanding fertility and work in light of the options available to women at particular times and places.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender

HUMBIO 155B: The Vaccine Revolution (MI 115B)

Advanced seminar. Human aspects of viral disease, focusing on recent discoveries in vaccine development and emerging infections. Journal club format: students choose articles from primary scientific literature, write formal summaries, and synthesize them into a literature review. Emphasis is on analysis, experimental design, and interpretation of data. Oral presentations. Enrollment limited to 10. Prerequisites: HUMBIO 155H, MI 155V.

HUMBIO 155H: Humans and Viruses I (MI 155H)

Introduction to human virology integrating epidemiology, molecular biology, clinical sciences, social sciences, history, and the arts. Emphasis is on host pathogen interactions and policy issues. Topics: polio and vaccination, smallpox and eradication, yellow fever and history, influenza and genomic diversity, rubella and childhood infections, adenovirus and viral morphology, ebola and emerging infection, lassa fever and immune response.

HUMBIO 156: Global HIV/AIDS (MED 256)

Public health, policy, and research issues. Resources at Stanford and institutions such as government, NGOs, and pharmaceutical, advocacy, and international organizations. Sources include biomedical, social, and behavioral sciences. Student projects. Guest lectures. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom

HUMBIO 162: Clinical Neuroscience in Women's Health

Mental health from the perspectives of neuroscience, psychology, human physiology, and feminist studies. Major depression, bipolar, and obsessive compulsive disorders; how the female reproductive system affects the clinical presentation and course of these disorders. Eating disorders, substance abuse and dependence, and sexual trauma within a biopsychosocial model. Pharmacologic and therapeutic treatment of illnesses. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender

HUMBIO 165: Promoting Behavior Change (EARTHSYS 165)

How to apply principles of behavioral change to a real world public health problem: climate change and environmental sustainability. Sources include theory, research, and practice from perspectives such as social and cognitive psychology, media and communication, education, behavioral medicine, social marketing, and consumer behavior. Student groups create an intervention to help elementary school students reduce their environmental footprint. Research performed in local high schools to develop optimally feasible, acceptable, and effective interventions. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.

HUMBIO 182: Biology, Culture, and Behavior

The examination of various aspects of human behavior (including aggression, maternal sentiments, sexual segregation, and incest) in an effort to discover whether or not there is such a thing as human nature. Prerequisite: HUMBIO 2A, 2B or equivalent.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: Wolf, A. (PI)
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