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    PubHlth 194A: Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory I

    PubHlth 194A: Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory I

    Provides training for students with an interest in clinical and translational research in the health care setting. Cultivates skills for study design, research literature review, ethics, responsible conduct of research, and cultural competence while emphasizing professionalism and personal responsibility.

    Subjects:
    Statistics and Research Methods
    Keywords:
    Clinical trials Medicine -- Research
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    PubHlth 195W: Public Health Practicum and Culminating Experience

    PubHlth 195W: Public Health Practicum and Culminating Experience

    This course provides direct opportunities for Public Health majors to observe and participate in public health activities and/or research; and to cultivate skills for verbal and written communication of contemporary public health topics for an integrative culminating experience,

    Subjects:
    Public Health
    Keywords:
    Public health Public health administration
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    Psych 9C/Psy Beh 11C: Psych Fundamentals

    Psych 9C/Psy Beh 11C: Psych Fundamentals

    Designed to provide freshman with an in-depth survey of general psychology. Topics include biological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, cognition, development, personality, psychopathology, and social psychology.

    Subjects:
    Psychology
    Keywords:
    Psychology
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    Sociology 2A: International Sociology

    Sociology 2A: International Sociology

    At the dawn of the twenty-first century, globalization is a pervasive feature of social life. The clichéd examples – from McDonald’s to reggae music – form just the tip of the globalization iceberg. A world economy, a world polity, and a world culture are all undergoing rapid expansion. In this course, we will consider globalization’s aspects and impacts, in an effort to develop some understandings of its causes, effects, and implications for your own life.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Sociology
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    PubHlth 91: Disparities in Health Care

    PubHlth 91: Disparities in Health Care

    Student participatory course practicing initiation, planning, and coordination of various speakers on the subject of Disparities in Health Care. Topics in this course include: mental health, Health Care financing, religion and spirituality in health, immigration and medical care, women's health, geriatrics, and prison health.

    Subjects:
    Public Health
    Keywords:
    Public health Health services accessibility Discrimination in medical care
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    PubHlth1: Principles of Public Health

    PubHlth1: Principles of Public Health

    Introduces the major concepts and principles of public health and the determinants of health status in communities. Emphasizes the ecological model that focuses on the linkages and relationships among multiple natural and social determinants affecting health. Course may be offered online.

    Subjects:
    Public Health
    Keywords:
    Public health Public health administration
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    HMP 668/SI 542 - Introduction to Health Informatics

    HMP 668/SI 542 - Introduction to Health Informatics

    The conceptual structure for the course derives from the statement below that expresses the purpose of health informatics. Health informatics applies to a wide range of health-related application domains a set of methods (drawn from the informational and behavioral sciences) to create and study informational resources that support the health-related activities of people (individuals and groups) in these domains. The methods employed in health informatics derive from both the computational/informational sciences and the behavioral/social sciences. This course, as an initial immersion into the field of health informatics, will examine the domains, methods, and classes of information resources that, together, create the scaffolding of the field.

    Subjects:
    Health Technology and Informatics
    Keywords:
    Medical informatics
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    Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology

    Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology

    This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media, with a particular focus on new media and how digital technologies are transforming popular culture. We will be considering issues of authorship, spectatorship, (audience) and the ways in which various media content (film, television, print journalism, blogs, video, advertising) enables, facilitates, and challenges these social constructions in society.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Social classes Mass media sex United States Mass media race relations Mass media -- Social aspects
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    Sexual and Gender Identities

    Sexual and Gender Identities

    This course offers an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first. It begins with an overview of historical approaches to the field, emphasizing the changing nature of sexual and gender identities over time. The remainder of the course flows chronologically, tracing the expanding and contracting nature of attempts to control, construct, and contain sexual and gender identities, as well as the efforts of those who worked to resist, reject, and reform institutionalized heterosexuality and mainstream configurations of gendered power.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Sex United States Social conditions Gender identity
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    Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

    Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

    This subject examines the paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Through lectures, discussions and student presentations, we will study the cultural, linguistic, social and political impact of globalization across broad international borders. We will pay attention to the subtle interplay of history, geography, language and cultural norms that gave rise to specific ways of life. The materials for the course include fiction, nonfiction, audio pieces, maps and visual materials.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Globalization
    Resource Type:
    Courseware