printer friendly pageOSPGEN 40: Community Health in Oaxaca
Social, economic, and cultural factors impacting the health of Mexicans and Mexican immigrants to the United States. Broaden public health knowledge, increase linguistic competency in Spanish, and gain exposure to health care systems and clinical interactions in another culture. Close observation of clinicians at work in community health settings; service with local community health organizations. Structured reflection sessions support integration of studies with clinical observations and service work.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Banchoff, A. (PI)
;
Garcia, G. (PI)
OSPGEN 41: Arts and Society in Contemporary China
Immersion in urban China¿s arts scene in Beijing and Shanghai with class meetings and discussions providing a deeper understanding of contemporary Chinese society. nnEmphasis on arts that are currently popular and influential rather than traditionally Chinese. Museum and gallery visits; performance and concert attendance; observation of old and new architectural monuments; meetings with artists, writers and critics.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Cai, J. (PI)
OSPGEN 42: How to Build a Habitable Planet: An Example from the European Alps
Feedback and links between global climate, mountain building, and biological evolution and landscape development of the European Alps. Long and short-term carbon cycle and the role of human perturbation; climate of Europe and influence of global connections on climate change; origin of the glaciers, global cooling and the migration of humans into Europe; policies and strategies employed by EU to mitigate effects of global warming. Students and faculty camp in three different locations. Location: Alps in Switzerland, northern Italy and France.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Chamberlain, P. (PI)
OSPGEN 43: Turkey at the Crossroads of Energy, Sustainability, and Geography
Current analysis of energy systems and sustainability in Turkey. Energy Resources Engineering analysis of sustainability and use of energy resources. Questions of resources, extraction, transportation, and environmental quality are considered in concert. Comparative study of conventional fossil fuel energy resources versus renewable geothermal and solar energy.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Kovscek, A. (PI)
OSPGEN 44: Devising Otherness in Uganda and America: Creating a Theatrical Performance Based on Identity
Working with students from Makerere University, Kampala Uganda, students create a performance based on the questions: what do Americans think about Africa and Africans; and what do Africans think about America and Americans? Students perform together at both the National Theatre in Kampala and Pigott Theater at Stanford.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Ramsaur, M. (PI)
OSPGEN 45: British Contributions to Computing
Leading role played by the British in addressing fundamental and intellectually challenging problems in computer science; scientific advances in the United Kingdom that made computing possible. Ideas behind automatic computing developed by Charles Babbage and collaborator Ada Lovelace including the idea of building a programmable machine. Theoretical groundwork for computer science developed by English mathematician Alan Turing.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Roberts, E. (PI)
OSPGEN 46: America and Vietnam: After Three Decades
Legacies of the American war in Vietnam (circa 1961-1973) and contemporary aspects of Vietnam's integration into the global economy; visits to Ho Chi Minh City and vicinity, the imperial capital at Hue, and the modern capital at Hanoi. Student presentations on relevant topics and sites; and visits and seminars with officials, academics, students, and members of the business-industrial community.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Goldstein, J. (PI)
;
Rakove, J. (PI)
OSPGEN 70: Indigenous Australia
Culture and ecology of desert Aboriginal people living in a remote region of W. Australia. Students live with their Martu hosts. Issues in greater Australian human prehistory; social, ecological, and political factors that shape contemporary relationships between rural Aborigines, their urban counterparts, and the broader Australian society. Location: Newman, Parnngurr Community, Western Australia.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Bird, D. (PI)
;
Bird, R. (PI)
OSPGEN 88: The Bloomsbury Group
The 20th-century literary and intellectual concentration of individuals in Britain. Readings include Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster. Students select a member of the group for individual concentration. Meetings in King's College, Cambridge, where the Bloomsbury Group originated, with visits to sites associated with the group in London and Sussex.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Stansky, P. (PI)
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