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BSOC 1942
Course Description
What is modern science? And how did it get that way? This course examines the emergence of the dominant scientific worldview inherited by the 21st century, to trace how it, and its associated institutional ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1942, STS 1942
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Dear, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 2051
Course Description
In the rapidly changing world of healthcare, complex ethical issues arise from interpersonal interactions between patients and clinicians to broad controversies that propel medicine into headline news. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 2051
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
First-Year students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Overby, K
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Instruction Mode: Online
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BSOC 2131
Course Description
Science fiction is not merely a literary genre but a whole way of being, thinking, and acting in the modern world. This course explores classic and contemporary science fiction from Frankenstein to The ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2035, ENGL 2035, STS 2131
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- WF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Banerjee, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 2420
Course Description
One of the most pressing questions of our time is how we should understand the relationship between nature, or the environment, and culture, or society, and whether these should be viewed as separate domains ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2420, ANTHR 2420
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Milstein Hall B01
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Nadasdy, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
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Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 2561
Course Description
An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of "scholar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2262, CAPS 2262, HIST 2562, STS 2561
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 3111
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the ways in which medical practice, the medical profession, and medical technology are embedded in society and culture. We will ask how medicine is connected to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 3111, SOC 3130, STS 3111
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment limited to: senior, junior, and sophomore students.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 3231
Course Description
This course analyzes the development of foreign policy at the nexus of global health and national security in an attempt to better define and understand the evolving concept of "Global Health Security ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 3231
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Online Meeting
Washington, DC - Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Rao, J
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Online Meeting
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
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BSOC 3311
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 3311, NTRES 3311, STS 3311
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 3751
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
BSOC 4101
Course Description
One animal behaviorist speculates that big brains develop when species are social; that is, when they must read cues from members of their group to understand when to approach, when to flee, when to fight, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4101, STS 4101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 4131
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4131, STS 4131
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 4682
Course Description
Therapeutic knowledge and practice in Africa have changed dynamically over the past century. Yet, questions about healing continue to be questions about the intimate ways that power works on bodies. Accounts ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4682, ANTHR 7682, ASRC 4682, ASRC 7682
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Savage Hall 100
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Langwick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4682, ANTHR 7682, ASRC 4682, ASRC 7682
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Langwick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 4911
Course Description
Chinese discourses have long linked the circulation of cosmic energies, political power, and bodily vitalities. In these models political order, spiritual cultivation, and health are achieved and enhanced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4429, CAPS 4931, HIST 4931, HIST 6931, RELST 4931, STS 4911
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
BSOC 4991
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 4991
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Prerequisite: Enrollment limited to Biology & Society seniors with an overall GPA of 3.3. Apply in 303 Morrill Hall.
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BSOC 4992
Course Description
Students must register for the 4 credits each semester (BSOC 4991-BSOC 4992) for a total of 8 credits. After the first semester, students receive a letter grade of "R"; a letter grade for both semesters ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 4992
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Prerequisite: Enrollment limited to Biology & Society seniors who have already taken BSOC 4991.
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