Biology & Society (BSOC)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

BSOC 1941

How did the approaches to knowledge of nature that developed in medieval and early-modern Europe create an enterprise that associated the practical manipulation of nature with scientific truth? This course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 1941STS 1941

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9822 BSOC 1941   LEC 001

BSOC 2061

Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2460STS 2061

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16988 BSOC 2061   LEC 001

  • First-Year students not permitted to enroll into this course.

  • 16991 BSOC 2061   DIS 203

  • 16992 BSOC 2061   DIS 204

  • 17337 BSOC 2061   DIS 205

  • 17338 BSOC 2061   DIS 206

BSOC 2071

This course offers an introductory survey of the history of medicine (principally in Europe and the United States) from classical antiquity to the early twentieth century. Using a combination of both primary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2710STS 2071

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8402 BSOC 2071   LEC 001

  •  8403 BSOC 2071   DIS 201

  •  8404 BSOC 2071   DIS 202

  •  8405 BSOC 2071   DIS 203

  •  8406 BSOC 2071   DIS 204

  •  8445 BSOC 2071   DIS 205

BSOC 2681

Centrally located between two continents; the Middle East is drawn by nature to many environmental challenges that are related to its unequal distribution of natural resources associated with its geological ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2583JWST 2687NES 2687

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17710 BSOC 2681   LEC 001

BSOC 3011

Biology and biotechnology are major influences on modern life. In addition, socio-political and historical conditions have shaped biological research and its applications in medicine, agriculture, environmental ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 3011

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5867 BSOC 3011   LEC 001

  • First-Year students not admitted into course.

BSOC 3311

Environmental governance is defined as the assemblage of institutions that regulate society-nature interactions and shape environmental outcomes across a range of spatial and temporal scales.  Institutions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 3311NTRES 3311STS 3311

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8068 BSOC 3311   LEC 001

  • Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or by permission of instructor.

  •  8069 BSOC 3311   DIS 201

  •  8070 BSOC 3311   DIS 202

  •  8071 BSOC 3311   DIS 203

  •  8206 BSOC 3311   DIS 204

BSOC 3460

The body is often taken for granted as the material substrate for culture -- its physicality the purview of science and its meaning the purview of social studies. This course examines a range of texts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3465STS 3460

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16818 BSOC 3460   LEC 001

BSOC 3751

Projects under the direction of a Biology and Society faculty member are encouraged as part of the program of study within the student's concentration area. Applications for research projects are accepted ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7727 BSOC 3751   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Dear, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7728 BSOC 3751   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Hilgartner, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7729 BSOC 3751   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Kline, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7730 BSOC 3751   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Leuenberger, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7731 BSOC 3751   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Lewenstein, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7732 BSOC 3751   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lynch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7733 BSOC 3751   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Pinch, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7734 BSOC 3751   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Prentice, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7735 BSOC 3751   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Pritchard, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7736 BSOC 3751   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Rossiter, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7737 BSOC 3751   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Sengers, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7738 BSOC 3751   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Seth, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8926 BSOC 3751   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Harrington, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8927 BSOC 3751   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Avery, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19010 BSOC 3751   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Johnson, B

BSOC 4122

The power of a name is sometimes as great as that of an idea.  This course will study how Darwin became, then and now, an icon rather than just a Victorian naturalist.  We will look at writings of Darwin ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4122STS 4122

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16399 BSOC 4122   SEM 101

BSOC 4303

Biotechnology is a broad term for the tools used to alter living organisms for human purposes. Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology) is one class of methods used in biotechnology. Private sector ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8741 BSOC 4303   LEC 001

    • TR Warren Hall 401
    • Davidson Evanega, S

      Davies, P

      Herring, R

      Hobbs, P

      Thies, J

BSOC 4991

Students must register for 4 credits each semester (4991-4992) for a total of 8 credits. After the first semester, students receive a letter grade of "R"; a letter grade for both semesters is submitted ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HE 4991STS 4991

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6804 BSOC 4991   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Seth, S

  • Prerequisite: Enrollment limited to Biology & Society seniors with an overall GPA of 3.3. Apply in 306 Rockefeller Hall.

BSOC 6460

This course examines a range of texts that treat the body as the subject and object of cultural, technological, political, and ethical processes. Students investigate the cultivation of physical and social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 6465STS 6460

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17333 BSOC 6460   SEM 101