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Spring 2007. ANNE HENSHAW. Focuses on the diversity of island peoples and cultures and the unique place they hold within the field of anthropology. Explores the range of environmental contexts in which island peoples adapt, as well as the unique socioeconomic systems and historical experiences that characterize them. Examines the powerful sense of cultural identity that islanders share, and the many challenges and opportunities they face in an age of globalization and limited resources. Selected case studies draw from islands in the Pacific and North Atlantic, including Maine, to foster a comparative and interdisciplinary understanding of island societies, past and present. (Same as Anthropology 218.) Prerequisite: Anthropology 101 or 102.
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3.00 Credits
Every fall. NATHANIEL WHEELWRIGHT. Study of the behavior of animals and plants, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. Topics include population growth and structure, and the influence of competition, predation, and other factors on the behavior, abundance, and distribution of plants and animals. Laboratory sessions, field trips, and research projects emphasize concepts in ecology, evolution and behavior, research techniques, and the natural history of local plants and animals. Optional field trip to the Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island. (Same as Biology 215.) Prerequisite: Biology 105 or Biology 109.
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2008. DAVID J. VAIL. An exploration of environmental degradation and public policy responses in industrial economies. Market failures, property rights, and materialistic values are investigated as causes of pollution and deteriorating ecosystem functions. Guidelines for equitable and costeffective environmental policy are explored, with an emphasis on the roles and limitations of cost-benefit analysis and techniques for estimating non-monetary values. Three core themes are the transition from "command and control" to incentive-based policies; the evolution frompiecemeal regulation to comprehensive "green plans" (as in the Netherlands); and theconnections among air pollution, energy systems, and global warming. (Same as Economics 218.) Prerequisite: Economics 101.
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3.00 Credits
Every fall. AMY S. JOHNSON. The study of the biology and ecology of marine mammals, seabirds, fish, intertidal and subtidal invertebrates, algae, and plankton. Also considers the biogeographic consequences of global and local ocean currents on the evolution and ecology of marine organisms. Laboratories, field trips, and research projects emphasize natural history, functional morphology, and ecology. Lectures and three hours of laboratory or field trip per week. One weekend field trip included. (Same as Biology 219.) Prerequisite: Biology 105 or Biology 109.
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2007. DAVID VAIL. The major economic features of underdevelopment are investigated, with stress on uneven development and the interrelated problems of poverty, population growth, inequality, urban bias, and environmental degradation. The assessment of development strategies emphasizes key policy choices, such as export promotion versus import substitution, agriculture versus industry, plan versus market, and capital versus labor-intensive technologies. Topics include global economic integration and environmental sustainability. (Same as Economics 219.) Prerequisite: Economics 101 and 102, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
SPRING 2007. JOE BANDY. An examination of the complex social processes that define, create, and threaten the natural environment. Investigates the relationships among various environmental and social problems, as well as the many political ideologies, philosophies, and movements that define and redefine how we think of nature and sustainability. Explores issues of science and technology, popular culture, urbanization, racial and gender relations, as well as environmental movements. (Same as Sociology 221.) Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or Anthropology 101.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Human Population
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. DAVID HECHT. Focuses on twentieth-century science, technology, and medicine. Examines the challenges and changing meanings of "progress" in United States history, using as touchstones a numberof seminal events in the history of the interaction between science and society. Topics include the atomic bomb; eugenics; environmentalism; industrial growth; changing public health concerns; and ongoing debates over evolution, science, and religion. Few of the many changes that science has wrought have been embraced unequivocally - uses this sometimes chaotic mix of acceptance and suspicion of scientific advance to explore how Americans felt about their rapidly modernizing society. (Same as History 225.)
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3.00 Credits
Every fall. JOHN LICHTER. Community ecology is the study of dynamic patterns in the distribution and abundance of organisms. Ecosystem ecology is the study of the flow of energy and cycling of matter through ecological communities. Global change ecology examines how human activities alter communities and ecosystems and how these changes play out at the global scale. Topics include the creation and maintenance of biodiversity, the complexity of species interactions in food webs, the role of disturbance in ecological processes, the importance of biodiversity in ecosystem processes, and human influences on global biogeochemical cycles and climate change. Laboratory sessions consist of local field trips, team research exercises, and independent field research projects. Current and classic scientific literature is discussed weekly. (Same as Biology 225.) Prerequisite: Biology 105 or Biology 109.
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3.00 Credits
City and Landscape in Modern Europe:London,Paris,Vienna,Berlin
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