Exploration of contemporary international cinema. Focus on comparative representations of nationality, childhood, and social dislocation. Topics addressed: inscriptions of the autobiographical; trans-cultural readings of visual texts; cinematic constructions of gender and subjectivity; dreams, fantasy, and memory; the "family romance." (Gen.Ed. AT)

Introduction to the philosophy, nature, and scope of health organizations; administration and organization of governmental health programs, economic and political forces and their effects on health services.

An interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary drug issues and problems. The course will examine physiological, social, philosophical, historical, legal, and health aspects of drug use and abuse.

In this course, we will examine the U.S. system of mass incarceration at the intersection of extreme rates of imprisonment; civil, health, and human rights violations; legalized discrimination; and privatization of corrections-related industries and services. Our primary goal will be to unpack and interrogate two orienting questions: What are the social structural conditions that create and maintain mass incarceration? What is the role of public health to understand, examine, and respond to mass incarceration?

Biological and chemical principles underlying the maintenance of food quality during the period after harvest to consumption. Topics include chemical, enzymic, physical, and biological deterioration; implications and prevention; food toxicology. (Gen.Ed. BS)

This course offers a systematic and practical introduction to sample size and power analysis for the most commonly encountered scientific study designs. Students will learn the key conceptual elements and gain hands-on experience in computing sample size and power using relevant software (such as R, SAS, Stata, and PASS).

Second part of STPEC junior seminar sequence. Examines the social, historical and political conditions in which the 20th century took place. Contact department for details. Pre-requisite: Completion of STPEC 391H with a grade of C or better.

This is a hands-on course taught by a leading scholar and scientist who makes accessible and clear the highly sophisticated field of text mining and analytics for a) detecting and revealing hard-to-see patterns in unstructured textual data, such as social media conversations and online brand content, b) uncovering powerful market insights concerning customer sentiments/emotion, trends, segments and other aspects related to customer contexts, and c) identifying and monitoring online brand-communication strategies.

Application of mechanics and materials principles to orthopaedic tissues. Physiology of bone, cartilage, ligament, and tendon and the relationship of these properties to their mechanical function. Mechanical behavior of skeletal tissues. Functional adaptation of these tissues to their mechanical environment. Tissue engineering of replacement structures.

Contact department for description. (Gen.Ed. R2)

[Note: Because this course presupposes knowledge of basic math skills, it will satisfy the R1 requirement upon successful completion.]