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This course surveys current topics in applied ethics. It introduces the major sources of moral theory from religious and secular sources, and show how these theories are applied.

What are the major diseases and health conditions;facing African families south of the Sahara? What;health care choices are available and which;options are most effective at addressing;conditions such as malaria, cholera, and;malnutrition? This course looks at the economic;and biological opportunities and barriers to;improving health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

This course offers a broad introduction to the;problems and solutions in the field of;environmental and public health. Students will;read about and discuss issues that occur in both;industrialized and developing countries. Topics;include the biological, physical, and chemical;agents of environmental contamination; methods;used in epidemiology and toxicology to evaluate;environmental hazards; policies currently in;place to reduce health risks and protect;populations from exposure; and emerging global;environmental health problems.

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Examines econometric techniques by observing how practitioners have utilized econometrics as a tool for analyzing substantive questions.

This writing-intensive course helps to prepare students for future writing in the world, focusing on writing related to their BDIC concentrations. Students will work on skills that cross disciplines and jobs, including how to find, use and evaluate resources, techniques and feedback that can help with writing, how to plan larger writing projects and how to use revision strategies effectively. Coursework includes several projects designed around the students' concentrations, an annotated bibliography, and a cover letter and resume. Prerequisite: BDIC 396P

In this seminar, we will investigate how literary;texts, photographs, films and memorial sites;represent World War I up to the present day.;Analyzing gender roles in film, literature, and;memoirs, present-day commemoration projects, and;the Expressionist movement in literature and art,;we will focus especially on Germany's role in WWI;and its portrayal in history, literature and art.

What is the relationship between truth and;politics? Does democracy require truth or pervert;it? Can truth thrive in any type of government?;What's really at stake here? In this course, we;will explore a variety of classic texts, ranging;from such authors as Plato to Karl Marx to Hannah;Arendt to Martin Luther King, Jr. to contemporary;feminist theorists. We will focus on developing;the ability to reflect on your own beliefs,;analyze authors' arguments, and to articulate and;defend your own perspective.