Biology & Society (BSOC)Arts and Sciences

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BSOC 2051
Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: STS 2051

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10595 BSOC 2051   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited by College to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores; first-year students by permission of instructor. If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/TtkQ18p4xbPmsg5b7.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10596 BSOC 2051   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10597 BSOC 2051   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10598 BSOC 2051   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10599 BSOC 2051   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10600 BSOC 2051   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10601 BSOC 2051   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10602 BSOC 2051   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10603 BSOC 2051   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10604 BSOC 2051   DIS 209

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 10605 BSOC 2051   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

BSOC 2071
Introduction to the History of Medicine

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 2710, STS 2071

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10635 BSOC 2071   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/Hu1JhEdXCGUEMyr7A.

  • 10636 BSOC 2071   DIS 201

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10637 BSOC 2071   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10638 BSOC 2071   DIS 203

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10639 BSOC 2071   DIS 204

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18450 BSOC 2071   DIS 205

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18453 BSOC 2071   DIS 206

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    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

BSOC 2420
Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2420, ANTHR 2420

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7555 BSOC 2420   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7556 BSOC 2420   DIS 201

  •  
    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7557 BSOC 2420   DIS 202

  •  
    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7558 BSOC 2420   DIS 203

  •  
    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7559 BSOC 2420   DIS 204

  •  
    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7560 BSOC 2420   DIS 205

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7561 BSOC 2420   DIS 206

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

BSOC 2561
Medicine and Healing in China

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

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2262, CAPS 2262, HIST 2562, STS 2561

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12151 BSOC 2561   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12152 BSOC 2561   DIS 201

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12153 BSOC 2561   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

BSOC 2599
Medicine, Magic and Science in the Ancient Near East

This course explores the history of medicine and other sciences in the ancient Near East, broadly defined. In addition to medicine, the other scientific disciplines covered in this course include mathematics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2599, NES 2599, RELST 2599

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8753 BSOC 2599   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Mokhtarian, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

BSOC 3111
Social Studies of Medicine

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GDEV 3111, SOC 3130, STS 3111

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10620 BSOC 3111   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Leuenberger, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/5VyxwpXPo3aLzF8m8.

BSOC 3311
Environmental Governance

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

  •  3883 BSOC 3311   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3884 BSOC 3311   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3885 BSOC 3311   DIS 204

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3886 BSOC 3311   DIS 205

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3887 BSOC 3311   DIS 206

  •  
    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

BSOC 3751
Independent Study

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

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10557 BSOC 3751   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Langwick, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10558 BSOC 3751   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Leuenberger, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10559 BSOC 3751   IND 606

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Lewenstein, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10560 BSOC 3751   IND 608

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Velasco, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10561 BSOC 3751   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10562 BSOC 3751   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10563 BSOC 3751   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Sengers, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10564 BSOC 3751   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10565 BSOC 3751   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Harrington, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10566 BSOC 3751   IND 616

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ziewitz, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10567 BSOC 3751   IND 617

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Johnson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10568 BSOC 3751   IND 618

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10569 BSOC 3751   IND 619

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10570 BSOC 3751   IND 620

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Overby, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

BSOC 4991
Honors Project I

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 at ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 4991

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 10621 BSOC 4991   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Application required. Apply in 303 Morrill Hall. Enrollment limited to: Biology & Society seniors with an overall GPA of 3.3.

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BSOC 4992
Honors Project II

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 4992

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10623 BSOC 4992   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)