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BSOC 2051
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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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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
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Overby, K
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Instruction Mode: In Person
First-Year students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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Overby, K
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BSOC 2101
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Human diseases have affected human lives and society through history. This course focuses on the pathogens, parasites, and arthropods causing human plagues through multiple perspectives (biomedical, social, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2101, ENTOM 2100
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Plant Science Building 233
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- W Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- W Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- W Comstock Hall-Academic II 2123
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- M Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- R Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- M Malott Hall 205
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- M Kennedy Hall 105
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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- T Comstock Hall-Academic II B108
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Caillaud, M
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Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2101, ENTOM 2100
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2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Plant Science Building 233
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Caillaud, M
Harrington, L
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall 498
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Banerjee, A
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BSOC 2245
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The history of humankind is also a history of health and disease; the rise of agricultural societies, ancient cities, and colonial empires had wide-ranging effects on diet and nutrition, the spread of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2245, ARKEO 2245
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Mcgraw Hall 165
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Velasco, M
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BSOC 2420
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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/or whether these should be viewed as separate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2420, ANTHR 2420
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Malott Hall 253
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Nadasdy, P
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- R Morrill Hall 110
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Staff
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- R White Hall 110
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Staff
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- F Morrill Hall 106
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Staff
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- F Malott Hall 230
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Staff
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BSOC 2561
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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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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Hinrichs, T
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BSOC 2781
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2780, FGSS 2780, LGBT 2780
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Ives Hall 105
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Raskolnikov, M
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BSOC 3011
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: STS 3011
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 122
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Roebuck, C
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First-Year students not admitted into course.
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BSOC 3111
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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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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Leuenberger, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: senior, junior, and sophomore students.
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Leuenberger, C
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- F Sibley Hall 208
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Leuenberger, C
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Leuenberger, C
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Leuenberger, C
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BSOC 3231
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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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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Washington, DC
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Rao, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
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BSOC 3311
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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, DSOC 6320, NTRES 3311, NTRES 6310, STS 3311
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Caldwell Hall 100
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Wolf, S
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Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or by permission of instructor.
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- W Fernow Hall G24
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Wolf, S
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- F Fernow Hall G24
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Wolf, S
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- M Bradfield Hall 110
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Wolf, S
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BSOC 3441
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In-depth look at the concepts and issues surrounding the conservation of insects and other invertebrates. Topics include sampling rare populations; insect conservation genetics; the role of phylogeny in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENTOM 3440
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Comstock Hall-Academic II B108
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Losey, J
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Prerequisite: Entomology or conservation biology course or permission of instructor
BSOC 3751
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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
BSOC 4390
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Primate species are going extinct. The goal of this seminar is to examine a variety of issues related to conservation in general, and to the conservation of primates in particular. For example, what is ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4390
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W McGraw Hall B65
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Arcadi, A
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BSOC 4841
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The term "epidemic" travels widely and wildly in contemporary worlds. But, what, when and where is "the epidemic"? How and why does epidemic unfold? This senior seminar offers an interdisciplinary exploration ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4041, FGSS 4841, STS 4841
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- R Rockefeller Hall 189
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Roebuck, C
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BSOC 4991
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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)