Cross Listed Med Humanities Course Descriptions within Humanities
Fall Quarter (F16)
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Courses Offered by Med Humanities or other Schools at UCI
Fall Quarter (F16)
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CHC/LAT (F16) | 178A MEDICAL ANTHRO | JENKS, S. |
Introduces students to cross-cultural perspectives and critical theories in anthropological studies of medicine. Special attention is given to diverse ways of understanding bodies, illnesses, and therapeutic practices in our changing world. | ||
SOCIOL (F16) | 159 SOC INEQUAL & HEALTH | GOLDBERG, R |
Studies in selected areas of social institutions and culture. Topics addressed vary each quarter. | ||
MED HUM (F16) | 157 CRITICAL RACE THRY | HABS, S. |
AFAM 157 CRITICAL RACE THRY | HANS, S. Introduction to Critical Race Theory and key American cases on racial inequality. Using this literature, examines the possibilities and pitfalls of legal claims of race, gender, and sexuality discrimination in the age of colorblindness. | ||
ANTHRO (F16) | 134F ANTHRO OF THE BODY | JENKS, S |
Examines human bodies as both biological and,sociocultural entities and explores the relationship among mind, body,and society cross-culturally. Topics include embodiment; race, sex, gender and the body; somatization; control of the body; commodified bodies; and hybrid/cyborg bodies. | ||
ANTHRO (F16) | 134G HIV/AIDS IN GLOBAL CONTEXT | PETERSON, K. |
Examines issues concerning cultural conceptions of HIV infection and disease worldwide. Topics include treatment and prevention, identity and behavior, risk, ethnicity, gender, youth, sexuality, activism, drug use, illness, religion, the clinical encounter, national belonging, and the pharmaceutical industry. | ||
ANTHRO (F16) | 134A MEDICAL ANTHRO | JENKS, S |
Introduces students to cross-cultural perspectives and critical theories in anthropological studies of medicine. Special attention is given to diverse ways of understanding bodies, illnesses, and therapeutic practices in our changing world. | ||
MED HUM (F16) | 124V PSYCH OF VIOLENCE | LEWIS, J |
Discusses the psychology of violence and aggression with an emphasis on understanding the psychological, social, and physiological roots of violent and aggressive behavior. Psychological treatment techniques and strategies for prevention of aggressive and violent behavior are also discussed. | ||
MED HUM (F16) | 120A ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | LEWIS, J |
Introduction to psychopathology and behavioral deviations, and the concepts of theories regarding these conditions. | ||
DRAMA (F16) | 118 HEALING PERFORMANCE | KUBIAK, A |
An investigation into the many forms and permutations of modern (1880-1945), and contemporary (since 1945) drama, paying special attention to the historical and philosophical interpretations of text and performance. |