Contemporary Issues
OFFICE: 2073 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Muir College,
(858) 534-3589
Interim Director
Susan Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2005-2006 General
Catalog, please contact the department for more information.
Lower-Division
22. Human Sexuality (4) A survey
of the nature and problems of human sexuality in the development
of the individual, in cultural traditions and values, and in social
roles and organizations, particularly with regard to contemporary
America. L. Ross
40. Contemporary Issues: The AIDS Epidemic (4) Using
current information, this course will deal with the worldwide spread
of AIDS, particularly into communities, colleges, and universities.
Discussion topics: origin, infection, biology, clinical expression,
risks, vaccines, epidemiology, and the social, ethical, economic,
and legal aspects of this epidemic.
50. Information and Academic Libraries (2) An
introduction to research strategies directed at satisfying the information
needs of the student using the academic library, with emphasis on
the UCSD library system. Library techniques will be acquired through
lectures and discussion, problem sets, and a term project. Students
will learn to extend these techniques to independent research.
Upper-Division
136. The Anthropology of Medicine (4) (Same
as ANGN 128.) Theoretical approaches to and cross-cultural analyses
of the role of the medical profession, the sick and the healers,
and culture as communication in the medical event. The theoretical
anthropological aspects of medical practice and medical research
will include a consideration of the Great Traditions
of medicine as well as primitive and peasant systems. Western medicine
will be considered in the foregoing framework, with issues of
contemporary
concern by way of introduction. Prerequisite: upper-division
standing. Not offered in 2005-2006. L. Ross
195. Discussion Leading in Contemporary Issues (4) Students
will lead groups of ten to twenty students in discussions of contemporary
concern. Students will meet with the professor to plan and prepare
for their discussions to be held weekly. Students will also consult
with another faculty member specializing in their topics for further
check on reading materials and course of discussion. (P/NP grades
only.) Prerequisite: Contemporary Issues 196 and consent of the
director of Interdisciplinary Sequences.
196. Contemporary Issues Workshop (2) A
workshop for potential discussion leaders in the Contemporary Issues
Program. Students will investigate topics for discussion and methods
of presentation and inquiry. Participating in the workshop does
not guarantee selection as discussion leader. (P/NP grades only.)
198. Group Studies in Contemporary Issues (4) Group
studies, readings, projects, and discussions in areas of contemporary
concern. Course is set up so that students may work together as
a group with a professor in an area of contemporary concern whereby
the group emphasis would be more beneficial and constructive than
individual special studies. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
(P/NP grades only.)
199. Special Studies in Contemporary Issues (2-4) To
be offered during fall, winter, and spring quarters. Permission
of the director of Interdisciplinary Sequences is required. The
199 course is to be made up of individual reading and projects in
the areas of contemporary concern. Term paper and/or completed project
is required. This class is given under special circumstances, e.g.,
student abroad. (P/NP grades only.)
500. Apprentice Teaching in Contemporary Issues (4) A
course in which teaching assistants are aided in learning proper
teaching methods by means of supervision of their work by the faculty:
handling of discussions, preparation and grading of examinations
and other written exercises, and student relations. Prerequisite:
graduate standing.
Contemporary Issues
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