STS 3111
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Classes
STS 3111
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.
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 various sociocultural factors such as gender, social class, race, and administrative cultures. We will examine the rise of medical sociology as a discipline, the professionalization of medicine, and processes of medicalization and demedicalization. We will look at alternative medical practices and how they differ from and converge with the dominant medical paradigm. We will focus on the rise of medical technology in clinical practice with a special emphases on reproductive technologies. We will focus on the body as a site for medical knowledge, including the medicalization of sex differences, the effect of culture on nutrition, and eating disorders such as obesity and anorexia nervosa. We will also read various classic and contemporary texts that speak to the illness experience and the culture of surgeons, hospitals, and patients, and we will discuss various case studies in the social construction of physical and mental illness.
When Offered Fall.
Permission Note Enrollment limited to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores.
Distribution Category (SBA-AS, SSC-AS)
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3111, DSOC 3111, SOC 3130
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: senior, junior, and sophomore students.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
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