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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program This seminar uses Global Climate Change as a modern case study to explore the interconnections between science and politics. Scientists worldwide agree global climate change is underway at unprecedented rates, most likely because of relatively recent human influences on Earths atmosphere. What is the science behind global warming? Historically, how did scientists arrive at a consensus that human causes were creating climate change? What global trends are underway already, which are still predicted, and what are the implications for our future? Note: Fulfills Science or Elective requirement
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program Some of the most important issues facing our civilization are environmental in nature. This seminar will explore some of the crucial environmental issues now facing global society with the goal of understanding both the basic science involved as well as the political and social context of the issues. Note: Fulfills Science or Elective Requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program This course will provide an in-depth understanding of the biology of AIDS so that students will have the background needed to appreciate the medical, social, and political implication of the disease in the U.S. and across the world. We will also review the history of the pandemic in the United States, paying close attention to different perspectives and agendas of various segments of our society and the scientific and political response to the epidemic.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program Science fiction is not only entertaining but can also give us a glimpse into the future. Jules Verne described submarines and trips to the Moon. Arthus C. Clarke predicted global telecommunications satellites. A global news station much like CNN was first envisioned in John Brunner’s classic book on Zanzibar’. This is an honors course that will go where no one has gone before and explore what in the Star Trek television series and movies is theoretically feasible and what may forever be science fiction. The topics include faster-than-light travel, artificial gravity, teleportation, force fields, and the possibility of artificial intelligence. Note: Fulfills Science or Elective requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program For decades, biomedical scientists have taken credit for the dramatic improvement in the practice of medicine and the accompanying improved health outcomes across many diseases and conditions. Examples include remarkable advances in coronary heart disease, declining mortality rates of cancer, improvements in the therapies for diabetes and improved treatment of cognitive decline and mental disorders. Because of our ever-increasing desire for improved health, pressure is mounting on our Nation’s biomedical research enterprise. This course will provide a framework for understanding the changing roles, ethical conflicts, and public perceptions of biomedical science and scientists in American society. Topics to be covered include the modern history of biomedical research, public support and sponsorship of biomedical research, and the responsibilities of scientists to society.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Honors Status Global Infections will provide an overview of the biology of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. The course will also explore the effect of poverty, nutrition and politics on these diseases. In spite of advances in science and medicine, infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While much of the recent focus has been on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, close to one billion people are also infected with a variety of worms and other parasites and suffer from imparied development, stigma and medical complications. These diseases disproportionately affect the poor and are to a large extent responsible for the disparate life expectancy between developed and developing countries. However, only 10% of global research addresses the diseases responsible for so much human suffering. In adition, the signifiant social and economic challenges facing developing countries essentially ensures that health outcomes for their citizens will be poor. Strategies for addressing these challanges will be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Meteorology is the scientific study of Earths weather and climates, including the structure and composition of the atmosphere, and how the elements of temperature, pressure, moisture, and energy interact to produce various weather phenomena. Current events in weather, including extreme weather and environmental concerns, also will be emphasized. Cross-listed: See PHYS 222
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Students may take cooperative education courses before completing the major, minor and General Education requirements, but cooperative education courses do not count as part of those requirements. Cross-listed: See SCI 393
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
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