Biology & Society (BSOC)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

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

  •  8904 BSOC 1941   LEC 001

BSOC 2051

In today's rapidly changing world of health and medicine, complex ethical issues arise in many contexts from the private, interpersonal interactions between doctor and patient to the broad, mass-mediated ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 2051

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16464 BSOC 2051   LEC 001

  • First-Year students not admitted into course.

  • 16465 BSOC 2051   DIS 201

  • 16466 BSOC 2051   DIS 202

  • 16467 BSOC 2051   DIS 203

  • 16468 BSOC 2051   DIS 204

  • 16469 BSOC 2051   DIS 205

  • 16470 BSOC 2051   DIS 206

  • 16471 BSOC 2051   DIS 207

  • 16472 BSOC 2051   DIS 208

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

  •  8199 BSOC 2071   LEC 001

  •  8200 BSOC 2071   DIS 201

  •  8201 BSOC 2071   DIS 202

  •  8202 BSOC 2071   DIS 203

  •  8203 BSOC 2071   DIS 204

  •  8237 BSOC 2071   DIS 205

BSOC 2141

Examines the structural and functional differences between the sexes. Emphasizes mechanisms of mammalian reproduction; where possible, special attention is given to studies of humans. Current evidence ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOAP 2140BIOMS 2140FGSS 2140

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17075 BSOC 2141   LEC 001

BSOC 2561

An exploration of processes of change in medicine in China.  Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of Buddhist medicine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 15897 BSOC 2561   LEC 001

BSOC 2781

We experience our bodies as so much a part of who we are that we take them for granted. Yet the way we think about the body has a history of its own. This class looks at how the idea of "the body" gets ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2780FGSS 2780LGBT 2780

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17460 BSOC 2781   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

  •  5844 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

  •  7952 BSOC 3311   LEC 001

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

  •  7953 BSOC 3311   DIS 201

  •  7954 BSOC 3311   DIS 202

  •  7955 BSOC 3311   DIS 203

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

  •  7641 BSOC 3751   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Dear, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7642 BSOC 3751   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Hilgartner, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7643 BSOC 3751   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Kline, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7644 BSOC 3751   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Leuenberger, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7645 BSOC 3751   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Lewenstein, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7646 BSOC 3751   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lynch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7647 BSOC 3751   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Pinch, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7648 BSOC 3751   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Prentice, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7649 BSOC 3751   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Pritchard, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7650 BSOC 3751   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Rossiter, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7651 BSOC 3751   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Sengers, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7652 BSOC 3751   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Seth, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8610 BSOC 3751   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Harrington, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8611 BSOC 3751   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Avery, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10117 BSOC 3751   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Johnson, B

BSOC 4121

Modern science is often seen as having been originally developed in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Copernicus, who set the Earth in motion around the sun in the early 16th century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4120STS 4120

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16030 BSOC 4121   SEM 101

BSOC 4131

One of the most troubling realizations of the 20th century has been the extent to which human activities have transformed the environment on a global scale. The rapid growth of human population and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4131STS 4131

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16315 BSOC 4131   SEM 101

BSOC 4291

This course examines scientific controversies that become political. Why does some science become politicized rather than normalized and routinized? How do societies deal with collective uncertainty and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4291STS 4291

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17129 BSOC 4291   SEM 101

  • Government seniors and juniors given preference.

BSOC 4411

This senior seminar offers an intensive research and reading experience in the philosophy of medicine, considering, in particular, questions about what physicians know, how that knowledge informs current ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 2961STS 4411

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16291 BSOC 4411   SEM 101

BSOC 4691

Multidisciplinary course dealing with the social and environmental impact of food production in the United States and developing countries. Agroecosystems of various kinds are analyzed from biological, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIOEE 4690STS 4691

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16231 BSOC 4691   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: introductory ecology course or permission of instructor. Limited to 20 students.

BSOC 4871

If you want to learn geology, engineering, psychology, nutrition, religion, economics, and how to write an epic poem, you go scurrying to widespread corners of the university. Yet in the English Enlightenment, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4370STS 4871

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17461 BSOC 4871   SEM 101

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: STS 4991

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6747 BSOC 4991   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Prentice, R

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