The ecology and evolution of disease in human,, plants, and animal systems. Topics will include, causes of disease emergence; host-pathogen, interactions and co-evolution; interactions, between disease and community diversity; and, anthropogenic effects on disease, among others., We will use case studies, mathematical theory,, and examples from the primary literature to, understand the causes and consequences of, host-pathogen interactions for populations,, communities, and ecosystems. Intended for, biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and, environmental studies majors.
- Teacher: Margaret Metz
How gendered identities and relationships are, rhetorically constructed through everyday, interaction. Role of rhetoric in social scientific, study of gender and interaction. Survey of, theories and empirical research on gender, similarities and differences in communication with, attention both to the explanations given as well, as the rhetorical strategies scholars use to, persuade.
- Teacher: Daena Goldsmith
Major aspects or periods of Russian literature, and culture. Topics vary from year to year., Taught in English: No background in Russian, language or literature required. Previous topics, include twentieth-century literature and film,, fairy tales, women in literature and culture,, contemporary society and culture, Russian, laughter in literature and film. With consent of, instructor, may be taken twice for credit.
- Teacher: Tatiana Osipovich
Development of reading and speaking skills at the, postintermediate level. Introduction to the, language of the Russian press. Learning reading, techniques and strategies, expanding vocabulary,, and improving ability to discuss social and, cultural issues of contemporary society. Topics, may include education, the arts, religion, crime,, economy, ecology, gender roles, other social, issues. May be taken twice for credit with change, of topic.
- Teacher: Tatiana Osipovich
Interdisciplinary exploration of gender and, sexuality in connection with race, class, and, ethnicity in the United States. Investigation of, social and cultural ideas about difference and, equality in the past and present. Materials, include literature, film, memoir, poetry, feminist, philosophy, political tracts, and queer theory, as, well as classic and recent scholarly work in, history, sociology, economics, communication,, psychology, and other fields. Topics may include, mass media and consumer culture, work, law and, social policy, family, political activism and, social movements, sexuality and the body, public, health, medical research, violence, and theories, of privilege and oppression.
- Teacher: Kimberly Brodkin