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2.00 Credits
Wilderness-related illnesses and injuries; framework for dealing with emergencies in the backcountry. Hands-on workshops. Topics include high altitude medicine, diving medicine, hypothermia, snake and spider envenomations, search and rescue, and travel medicine. Open to all students. 2 units, Spr (Weiss, E)
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1.00 Credits
Prevalence and effects of the obesity epidemic in America and the growing prevalence of associated comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, sleep apnea, and joint problems. Risk factors, multi-disciplinary treatment options, the role of food in society, patients' perspectives, and current research in the field. Includes fieldtrips to grocery stores and restaurants. 1 unit, Win (Morton, J; Woodard, G)
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1.00 Credits
Topics include: colonialism and development, reproductive health, women's health issues, environmental health, maternal child health, primary health care and its evolution, health policy, infectious disease, human rights and social justice. Guest speakers from UCSF and Berkeley School of Public Health. 1 unit, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores.Topics may include the history and international development of Interplast, a nonprofit organization providing free reconstructive surgery for needy children and adults in developing nations; health care at King Faisal Hospital, Saudi Arabia; medical conditions in S. India; eye care in Africa; medical teaching experiences in Dar es Salaam and Haiti; and rural health care in Latin America. The role such activities play in U.S. international relationships. 3 units, Win (Wang, N)
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3.00 Credits
Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. Biological aspects of cell and organ transplantation, including issues that arise in the media. Diseases for which transplantation is a treatment, the state of the art in human transplantation, transplantation of animal tissue into humans (xenotransplantation), development of new tissue and organs in the laboratory (tissue engineering and cloning), and development of drugs and biological strategies to promote long-term survival of the tissue or organ (tolerance). How to write a scientific abstract, critique scientific literature, and research and present topics in contemporary transplantation. 3 units, Spr (Martinez, O; Krams, S)
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to sophomores. How the face conveys moods and emotions, and elicits reactions when disease or genetic disorders leave behind disfigurement. New work by evolutionary and molecular biologists concerning how variations in facial form are elicited; how tissues and molecules interact to form the face. How differences in facial anatomy affect an individual's self-perception and their acceptance in our beauty-conscious society. 3-4 units, Win (Helms, J; Brugmann, S)
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1.00 Credits
A weekly lecture series, featuring different speakers who report on research of general interest to Symbolic Systems students and faculty. Regular attendance required for credit. May be repeated for credit. 1 unit, Aut (Davies, T), Win (Davies, T), Spr (Davies, T)
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4.00 Credits
(Same as LINGUIST 144, PHIL 190, PSYCH 132.) The history, foundations, and accomplishments of the cognitive sciences, including presentations by leading Stanford researchers in artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. Overview of the issues addressed in the Symbolic Systems major. GER:DBSocSci 4 units, Spr (Wasow, T; Roberts, E)
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3.00 Credits
Interactive systems from the standpoint of human cognition. Topics include skill acquisition, complex learning, reasoning, language, perception, methods in usability testing, special computational techniques such as intelligent and adaptive interfaces, and design for people with cognitive disabilities. Students conduct analyses of real world problems of their own choosing and redesign/analyze a project of an interactive system. GER:DB-SocSci 3 units, Win (Shrager, J)
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
(Same as SYMBSYS 270.) Introduction to the study of judgment and decision making, relating theory and evidence from disciplines such as psychology, economics, statistics, neuroscience, and philosophy. The development and critique of Homo economicus as a model of human behavior, and more recent theories based on empirical findings. Recommended: background in formal reasoning. 3-4 units, not given this year
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