Foundational and contemporary issues in cognitive, neuroscience. Scientific methods used to, investigate relationship between brain function, and cognition. Emphasis on higher cognitive and, emotional function and the neurobehavioral, underpinnings of psychopathology. Laboratory, sections supplement lecture and reading topics, with demonstrations and practice applying, cognitive neuroscience research techniques., Seniors will be given registration preference, during the first round of registration.
- Teacher: Todd Watson
What are the brain mechanisms that help us to form meaningful social relationships, to overcome adversity, to create, or to be brave and optimistic during challenging times? In this course, we will explore foundational and contemporary issues in Positive Neuroscience, an emerging field that examines the neurobiological and neurocognitive correlates of healthy, proactive behaviors and traits that allow individuals to flourish. We will primarily focus on research employing event-related potential and functional neuroimaging methodology, but students’ individual backgrounds and interests will also shape what we discuss. This seminar-style course has an investigative learning component designed to give participants experience with virtually all aspects of the research process.
- Teacher: Todd Watson
Principles underlying behavioral development and, change, physiological processes that mediate, psychological functioning, processes of human, perception and cognition, approaches to, understanding functional and dysfunctional, personality characteristics of individuals,, counseling and psychotherapy techniques,, application of psychological principles to social, phenomena.
- Teacher: Elena Perrine
- Teacher: Jolina Ruckert
Key concepts of plant biology, including, morphology, physiology, adaptations to life on, land, and ecological interactions with other, organisms. Emphasis on the roles of plants in, ecosystems and human lives. Key characteristics of, major plant lineages in the context of how plants, have become such a diverse and successful group of, organisms. Students conduct independent research, projects on various aspects of plant biology., Laboratory.
- Teacher: Margaret Metz
Field learning experience combining theoretical concepts and skills learned in the classroom with practical work in on- and off-campus organizations.
- Teacher: Adonica De Vault
- Teacher: Daena Goldsmith
- Teacher: Nina Olken
What does it mean to be “well”? How do humans in various cultures define and attribute meaning to pain? How do they determine the effectiveness of a given treatment? Where do they locate healing agency (the power to make one well)? This course examines these and other questions about the relationship between healing, spirituality, and culture by reading and discussing scholarship from the fields of religious studies, anthropology, sociology, and history. We will look at examples from a variety cultural contexts including ancient Greek, Chinese and Native American traditions. We will pay particular attention to the way in which dominant frameworks of authority for explaining sickness and health have changed over the last 200 years in the West, leading us to inquire into the contemporary appeal of “alternative medicine” in Portland in 2019.
- Teacher: Jessica Starling
This course will survey the beliefs, practices, and cultural manifestations of the religious traditions of East Asia: Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism, and Shamanism. As we study each tradition in historical context, students will be asked to keep in mind several questions of overarching concern. These themes will inform students’ written reading responses, preparation for class discussion, and essays:
The self and its transformation: How have various East Asian religions understood the self and its potential for spiritual development? What paths for self-cultivation and liberation are offered by these traditions?
Religion and the state: What kinds of relationships have existed between religion and the state in East Asia?
Religious mixing and competition: What has been the relationship between different religious traditions within a particular cultural milieu? In what ways are they competing, and in what ways are they reconciled?
Religion and modernity: How has modernity affected the function and jurisdiction of religion in East Asian countries?
The course is not meant to comprehensively represent East Asian religious traditions, but rather to examine closely a few examples that richly illustrate the complexity of the above questions. Nonetheless, students will develop a strong foundation of knowledge about the religious landscape of East Asia, and a basic understanding of the doctrines and practices of various traditions.
The self and its transformation: How have various East Asian religions understood the self and its potential for spiritual development? What paths for self-cultivation and liberation are offered by these traditions?
Religion and the state: What kinds of relationships have existed between religion and the state in East Asia?
Religious mixing and competition: What has been the relationship between different religious traditions within a particular cultural milieu? In what ways are they competing, and in what ways are they reconciled?
Religion and modernity: How has modernity affected the function and jurisdiction of religion in East Asian countries?
The course is not meant to comprehensively represent East Asian religious traditions, but rather to examine closely a few examples that richly illustrate the complexity of the above questions. Nonetheless, students will develop a strong foundation of knowledge about the religious landscape of East Asia, and a basic understanding of the doctrines and practices of various traditions.
- Teacher: Jessica Starling