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213. Managing the Environment (=EnvStd 213, PubPol 213). PQ: Econ 198 or
higher. This course analyzes human interaction with and intervention into
the environment. Topics include resource management, environmental and economic
policy, environmental law, business initiatives, and global environmental
legislation. Also assessed are major national legislation on Superfund,
resource conservation and recovery, air quality, water quality, hazardous
chemicals, and endangered species. D. Coursey. Winter.
218. Medicine and Ethics (=BioSci 291). Clinical medicine and biomedical
science pose fascinating questions. These involve permanent human concerns,
such as the meaning of life, suffering, the relationship between healer and
patient, and the pursuit of health, as well as issues on the cutting edge of
contemporary science and society, such as new genetic and reproductive
technologies, AIDS, and the organization and funding of health care. In the
interplay between such questions lies not only enhanced understanding of
pressing personal and public policy problems but also enduring insights into
humanity. R. Gunderman. Autumn.
228. Foundation of Gender and Gender Differences (=BioSci 286, Psych 219).
This course examines issues fundamental to an understanding of sex, sex
differences, and gender differences. The course begins by considering the
significance of the evolution of sexually reproducing species and by studying
mechanisms of normal and abnormal early embryonic sexual development. The
relative influence of innate (or "primarily biological") and learned (or
"primarily environmental") factors are discussed. The different roles of males
and females in reproduction in various species are examined to relate sexual
dimorphism, mating strategies, and life cycle differences. This is a seminar
course involving faculty from different departments. M. Moscona, M.
McClintock. Spring.
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277. The Radicalism of Job and Ecclesiastes (=Fndmtl 246, Hum 235, JewStd 235).
Both Job and Ecclesiastes dispute a central doctrine of the Hebrew Bible,
namely, the doctrine of retributive justice. Each book argues that a person's
fate is not a consequence of his or her religio-moral acts and thus that piety,
whatever else it is, must be disinterested. In brief, each book not only
demythologizes but "de-moralizes" the universe. The students read Job and
Ecclesiastes in translation and discuss the nature of such a universe and ask
what kind of God did Job and Ecclesiastes worship. H. Moltz.
Spring.
280. The World of the Biblical Prophets (=Hum 234, JewStd 234). This course
offers an in-depth analysis of the biblical prophets. Each prophet is set in
historical time and within a particular societal context, and against this
background a profile of the man is drawn. What was he like as social reformer
and religious thinker? What did he say no to in society and no to in organized
worship? And to what did he say yes? How was his message received and what
influence did it have in its day? And finally, is the individual prophet merely
a historical figure, a curiosity of antiquity, or does he speak to us in our
age? H. Moltz. Autumn.
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297. Reading Course. PQ: Consent of instructor and faculty adviser.
Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form.
Must be taken for a letter grade. This course is designed for students
whose program requirements are best met by study under a faculty member's
individual supervision. Arrange the subject, course of study, and requirements
with the instructor. Staff. Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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New Collegiate
The New Collegiate Division offers a variety of interdisciplinary courses in
addition to those particularly related to the concentration programs. One of
the purposes of the division is to provide a forum for new ideas in
teaching--certainly only one such forum among many in the College and the
University, but for some teachers, and for some subjects cutting across
familiar academic lines, the most convenient one. These courses are as a rule
open to all students. Indeed, they usually aspire to attract students with
different interests and backgrounds.
Division
Courses
212. The Human Environment (=EnvStd 212). PQ: Common Core biological,
physical, and social sciences and consent of instructor. This course
analyzes the relationship of human activity to the natural world that sustains
it. Topics include human population growth; pollution; the use of land,
waterways, and energy sources; human impact on the biosphere; the prospects for
sustainable development around the world; and the role of cultural institutions
and values in such human activities. T. Steck. Autumn.
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