New Collegiate
Division

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.

Courses

212. Introduction to Environmental Studies (=EnvStd 212, NCD 212). PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing or consent of instructor. This lecture/discussion course analyzes the impact of human activity on the natural world that sustains it. Topics include human population dynamics; the role of economic and industrial activity in human welfare; our use of natural resources (for example, energy, soil, and water); biodiversity; prospects for sustainable development; and the role of cultural institutions and values in these matters. The format includes reading diverse sources and writing several short papers. T. Steck. Autumn.

269. Medicine and the Law (=LL/Soc 269, NCD 269, PubPol 269, SocSci 269). An introductory investigation of the relations and conflicts between the law and the profession of medicine. After an initial segment involving informed consent and patient refusal, the course is divided into two parts. The first part follows the development of the "right to privacy" with particular emphasis on the legal precedents involving access to contraception and abortion; the second studies the termination of life sustaining treatment precedents from Quinlan to the Supreme Court physician assisted suicide cases. Each class is divided into two parts: a discussion of the cases and an attempt to resolve a contemporary controversy involving the law as announced by the cases. A. Goldblatt. Spring.

297. Reading Course. PQ: Consent of faculty supervisor and program chairman. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. Must be taken for a letter grade. This course is designed for NCD 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. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

298. Reading Course. PQ: Consent of faculty supervisor and NCD master. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. Available for either Pass or letter grading. Students in divisions other than the New Collegiate Division may arrange a tutorial with a member of the NCD faculty. Registration for this course and information about the tutorial arrangement must be reported to the office of the NCD master. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

299. Independent Study. PQ: Open to NCD concentrators with consent of faculty supervisor and program chairman. Must be taken P/F. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. Staff. Autumn, Winter, Spring.