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Effective December 9th, MUSIC 33N will be meeting

Beethoven

Instructor: Stephen Hinton

Music

Scientific Method and Bias

Instructor: John P.A. Ioannidis

Medicine

The Wireless World, and the Data You Leak

Instructor: John M. Pauly

Electrical Engineering

Secrecy

Instructor: James Jacobs

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Love and Death

Instructor: Patrick Phillips

English

Shakespeare, Playing, Gender

Instructor: Patricia Parker

Comparative Literature

Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility

Instructor: Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu

Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity

Effective December 7, PSYCH 21N will meet online a

How to Make a Racist

Instructor: Steven O. Roberts

Psychology

First Chapters: Please Allow Me to Introduce My Novel

Instructor: Tom Kealey

Creative Writing, English

The Living Genome: Implications for Biology and Beyond

Instructor: Jonathan Pollack

Pathology

Pandemics & Plagues: Biological Causes and Societal Effects

Instructor: Thomas L. Cherpes, DVM, MD

Comparative Medicine

Psychology of Xenophobia

Instructor: Rania Awaad

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Nuclear powerplant in Belgium. Photo by Frédéric Paulussen on Unsplash

Busting Energy Myths

ENERGY 30N

Instructor:

Anthony Kovscek

Channing Robertson

WAY-SMA

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

epSos.de , "Exchange Money Conversion to Foreign Currency" via Flickr

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

ECON 23N

Instructor:

Michael Boskin

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Spring

Causes and Consequences of the Rise in Inequality

ECON 22N

Instructor:

Luigi Pistaferri

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine

SOMGEN 150Q

Instructor:

Marcia Stefanick

WAY-ED, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Painting of English writer, Virginia Woolf. Christiaan Tonnis, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches

PSYC 111Q

Instructor:

Katherine Williams

Regina Casper

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Winter

Character

ENGLISH 30N

Instructor:

Esther Yu

WAY-A-II, WAY-ER

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Chicken egg without eggshell. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly,, Wikimedia Commons.

Chemistry in the Kitchen

CHEM 29N

Instructor:

Richard Zare

WAY-SMA

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Winter

Winnie-the-Pooh chapter "Christopher Robin leads an expedition". Google art project. Public Domain

Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias

FILMSTUD 211N

Instructor:

Scott Bukatman

WAY-A-II

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, United States

City, Space, Literature

ENGLISH 83N

Instructor:

Ato Quayson

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Hiking in Yosemite Valley, California. Photo by Caleb Kastein on Unsplash

Climate Change and Mental Health

PSYC 150N

Instructor:

Daniel Mason

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Spring

A Comparative Exploration of Higher Education in Jamaica (Anglo-Caribbean) and South Africa

AFRICAAM 62Q

Instructor:

Chad Coates

WAY-ED, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Winter

"Crayones cera" by Jorge Barrios - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crayones_cera.jpg#/media/File:Crayones_cera.jpg

Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity

COMPLIT 51Q

Instructor:

David Palumbo-Liu

WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Summer

Conservation Photography

BIO 7N

Instructor:

Susan McConnell

WAY-CE

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Winter

Occupy, Lagos, Nigeria, political, rally, Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, 2012. By Temi KOGBE [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Contemporary African Politics

POLISCI 46N

Instructor:

David Laitin

WAY-ED

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Spring

Photo of Psychic Vision store sign in LA

Counterfactuals: The Science of What Ifs?

CS 31N

Instructor:

Emma Brunskill

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Spring

"Clinicians in Intensive Care Unit" by Calleamanecer - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinicians_in_Intensive_Care_Unit.jpg#/media/File:Clinicians_in_Intensive_Care_Unit.jpg

Critical Illness: Patients, Physicians, and Society

ANES 70Q

Instructor:

Erin Hennessey

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Spring

Vincent Willem van Gogh 002" by Vincent van Gogh. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Culture, Psychology, and Mental Health Treatment

PSYC 51Q

Instructor:

Daryn Reicherter

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Spring

For an Immune Cell, Microgravity Mimics Aging (NASA, International Space Station, 04/21/14) by Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr

Cystic Fibrosis: From Medical Conundrum to Precision Medicine Success Story

BIO 25Q

Instructor:

Ron Kopito

WAY-SMA

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Spring

By Available from the U.S. Army's website, http://web.archive.org/web/http://www4.army.mil/armyimages/armyimage.php?photo=1836, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=218993

Dare to Care: Compassionate Design

CHEMENG 90Q

Instructor:

John Moalli

WAY-ED

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Susie King Taylor, known as the first African American Army nurse

Decolonizing Global Health

MED 54Q

Instructor:

Takudzwa Shumba

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Spring

Democracy & Data

COMM 18Q

Instructor:

Lexi Neame

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Spring

A polemic applauding Democratic support of the Dorrite cause in Rhode Island. Public domain image, Wikipedia.

Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past

EDUC 122Q

Instructor:

Thomas Ehrlich

WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Spring

Detail of "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde poster" by Chicago : National Prtg. & Engr. Co. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g08267.

The Detective and the City

URBANST 27Q

Instructor:

Frederic Stout

WAY-A-II

Sophomore Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

Catalhoyuk Archeological Site, Konya, Turkey

Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time

ARCHLGY 60N

Instructor:

Ian Hodder

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Winter

Magazine cover of Edward Snowden embracing the American flag.

Documentary Film: Telling It Like It Is?

FILMSTUD 107N

Instructor:

Jan Krawitz

WAY-A-II

First-Year Preference

2020-2021
Autumn

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