Medical Ethics

An Honors introduction to ethics through issues of medicine and health care. Topics include abortion, treatment of impaired infants, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, truth-telling, medical experimentation on human beings and on animals, and the allocation of scarce medical resources. (Gen.Ed. AT)

Afro-Amer Img American Writing

Examination of a representative sampling of poetry, prose and/or drama by American writers -- black and white, male and female -- depicting African-American characters and issues related directly to the lives of African Americans. Texts chosen from the works of such authors as Jefferson, Poe, Stowe, Melville, Douglass, Delany, Dunbar, Eliot, Faulkner, Hurston, Wright, Baldwin, Styron, Baraka, and Morrison.

S-Dvlpmntl Challenges We Face

In this seminar, students will be presented with case studies that highlight challenges facing children and young adults in our society. We will focus on a subset of challenges (e.g., safe food and water, energy needs, educational inequalities, etc.), and will emphasize identification and quantification of change over time. Student groups will create and share proposals for manipulating variables to alter the trajectory of the challenge. Lastly, students will reflect on what they've learned about the challenge and about themselves.

ST-ContempHistSpain/Music

This course examines the interrelation between music, culture, and society from the early 20th century until the present in Spain. Music will be studied in relation to constructions and representations of gender, ethnicity, and the nation within Spain. We will listen to and discuss musical pieces from diverse genres such as zarzuela, copla, rock, rap, punk, and pop. In addition to the music itself, course materials will include films, documentaries, and theoretical texts on the cultural study of music. Taught in Spanish.
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