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Floods, hurricanes, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis...the planet has a full arsenal of weapons with which to kill you. Worse yet, this killer doesn't profile its victims; we're all potential targets. During the 20th century millions of people lost their lives to natural disasters. Can we do anything about these hazards Should we manipulate earth systems and natural processes Can we make matters worse This seminar examines the legal, ethical, and financial ramifications of these questions. Germanoski
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Newspaper articles, movies, and television programs inform, transport, and entertain. In this course, nonfiction and fictional stories provide a starting point from which to explore theoretical concepts about decision-making. Documentaries often lay out ethical, leadership, business, or government controversies, but these issues arise in fictional work as well, such as the movie "Seabiscuit." Students use various media products as the starting point for discussion ethical standards and normative claims. Crain
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Throughout history, people have confronted difficult problems, and devised -or stumbled upon-solutions. For example, problems in the development of the Polaris submarine led to a widely used scheduling technique. Students examine a variety of techniques for solving problems. The techniques include articulating the problem, analyzing assumptions, formulating models, and (where appropriate) developing algorithms. Collins
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Proponents of nanotechnology claim it will ease world hunger, revolutionize health care, and provide virtually unlimited clean energy. Imagine materials 100 times stronger than steel, computers one billionth the size of a laptop, and nanomachines implanted into your body to modify your DNA, enhance your senses, and improve your ability to process complex information. In this course we review the science behind nanotechnology, discuss its applications, and explore the ethical and economic implications of this emerging technology. Schaffer
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This course will develop the language and introductory scientific basis of nanotechnology, which will provide the technological foundation for discussions of ethical and societal issues related to various uses of nanotechnology. Such discussions are necessary if we as a scoiety are to better address such issues that have already arisen and others that will no doubt arise in the future. Ferri
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This course will explore the history and issues involved in the immigration and assimilation of various Asian ethnic groups into the United States and American culture. Students will read and view textual, video, and audio material to determine how a large and diverse group of people have experienced American culture and beliefs and how they have adapted. The students will also learn how issues such as age, ethnicity, gender and religion have affected how these immigrants have perceived American culture and society and vice versa. Liew
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourettes syndrome, depression, eating disorders-this seminar introduces students to a wide range of texts (memoirs and first-person narratives, films, painting, and medical and philosophical treatises) that focus on the experience of living with mental illness. Particular attention is paid to the style and form of textual representations of pyschological disorders, as well as to the cultural and philosophical questions such texts raise about the very category of "mental illness." Cefalu
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Islands are, almost by definition, unique. While being temporary homes to an increasing number of tourists, they also harbor endemic biological oddities and are among the most fragile ecosystems on Earth. This seminar examines the situation of isolation across the fields of geology, evolutionary biology, human geography, and literature. Topics include the dynamics of isolated populations, the historical importance of islands, and the effects of isolation on culture and the human psyche. Sunderlin
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3.00 Credits
This course explores both the theoretical development of nonviolence and the practice of nonviolence as a means for waging and resolving conflict. Using the examples of Mohandas Gandhi and India's independence movement, the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe, the power of music in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, as well as the personal testimonies of individuals and various groups pursuing nonviolent change in the Lehigh Valley, this course explores the principles of nonviolence in action. Fabian
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3.00 Credits
Every day, parents, educators, doctors, and government officials make decisions "in the best interests of the children." Competing views of the relative importance of "nature" and "nurture" frequently influence these decisions. Recent advances in neuroscience, developmental biology, and genetics have dramatically changed this ancient debate, but not its importance. In this course, we will explore this issue and its place in parental decision-making and public policy choices in child welfare. Pinto
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