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3.00 Credits
How the nurse has been represented historically in literature, film and television is explored, focusing specifically at the relationships among images of nurses, ideologies of nursing, and the practice of nursing. Representations of nursing in late nineteenth-century and twentiethcentury texts are examined in relation to larger class and gender issues, including the ways in which the nurse threatened traditional notions of women. The social contexts of representations of nurses in late twentieth-century culture are analyzed, from Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to the gay male nurse Belize in Angels in America, and stereotypes and iconoclastic figures are identified. Focusing on more recent literature, film, and television, the figure of the nurse is considered in relation to contemporary concerns about the nursing profession, such as the relationship between nurses and physicians, the economy of the hospital and health care, and the nursing shortage. Professional nurses guest lecture in the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will analyze the changes, and crises, in public health in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. After establishing the realities of medicine in the 19th century, episodes will be examined tht helped shape our national sensibility about public health. From the treatment of Bubonic plague in San Francisco (1906) to scientific study in Tuskegee, Macon county, Alabama (1932-1972), from germ theory to AIDS, students will learn about the successes and failures in public health. Mistakes and accomplishments in the past can serve as useful tools for those who will shape the future of our health and health care. Prerequisite: graduate student status.
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3.00 Credits
Bioethics and the Law studies the challenging questions that occur at the intersection of law, medicine and ethics. A focus of the course will be on examining key cases which reflect or have shaped the ethical and often societal consensus, as well as instances in which the law falls short of ethical norms. This seminar is open to medical, graduate nursing and law students. Basic introductory sessions on the law (for nursing and law students) and clinical medicine (for law students) will start the course, as well as joint presentations on ethical theory. Topics include ethical issues surrounding pregnancy, assisted-reproductive technology, genetics, organ transplants, refusal of treatment based on religious or cross-cultural differences, clinical research, futile treatment, medical decisions at the end-of-life and physician-assisted dying. The course requires thoughtful, vigorous class discussions of the material, with two papers. Not open to undergraduate students.
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3.00 Credits
What is the nature of scientific investigation and the scientific method How do scientists reason What counts as good evidence in the practice of science How does one explanation win acceptance by the scientific community while others languish or are rejected This course will examine the development of a number of scientific ideas (drawn mainly from chemistry) in an attempt to answer these questions. This course will treat these cases primarily from a scientific perspective, but some attention will also be paid to external factors (for example, social, economic or technological factors). This course may not be used to fulfill chemistry major or minor requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce concepts important to the biotechnology revolution. Topics will include drug development, DNA fingerprinting, genetically engineered bacteria and recent technological developments. Social, ethical, legal and economic aspects of various technologies will be discussed. This course may not be used to fulfill chemistry major or minor requirements.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines the fundamental scientific principles necessary to analyze, evaluate and understand human interaction with the environment. Understanding environmental chemistry requires integrating elements from chemistry, biochemistry, biology and statistics. The course addresses basic interactions between a variety of substances—including pesticides, plastics, metals and carcinogens—andthe environment. In addition to scientific concepts, complex social and political implications associated with environmental decisions will be integrated into classroom discussions and assignments. This course may not be used to fulfill chemistry major or minor requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course, intended for non-science majors, examines a range of environmental topics, which fall under the headings of energy and atmospheric chemistry. The treatment of energy examines several technologies in use and under development for generating energy and the effects of these technologies on the environment. Examination of the atmosphere considers topics such as the ozone layer, acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The primary focus of the course is scientific; however, social, economic and political considerations are also introduced. This course may not be use to fulfill chemistry major or minor requirements.
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4.00 Credits
An integrated approach to many of the major concepts of chemistry with approximately equal emphasis on general descriptive chemistry and introduction to theoretical chemistry. Includes laboratory exercises using a variety of techniques and modern equipment. Three lectures (3 credits) and one, three-hour laboratory (1 credit) per week. Lecture and laboratory are to be taken concurrently, except by permission of department chair.
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4.00 Credits
The nomenclature, structure, reactions, preparations and physical properties of organic compounds are studied. Extensive use of reaction mechanisms, resonance theory and conformational analysis is used to correlate a wide variety of reactions. Special emphasis is on natural products and substances of biological importance. Prerequisites: CHM 151-152 or equivalent. Three lectures (3 credits) and one three and one half hour (1 credit) laboratory per week. Lecture and laboratory are to be taken concurrently, except by permission of department chair.
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4.00 Credits
An integrated lecture and laboratory study of the underlying principles of the quantitative determination of substances using both gravimetric and volumetric techniques. Prerequisites: CHM 223-224. Two hours lectures and six hours laboratory each week.
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