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Course Criteria
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 206a or equivalent. An interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in science, including health, reproductive science, ecology, energy, natural history, animal studies, botany, sustainability, the history of science, and science and society. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits with different topics.
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 202a or equivalent. An interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics in the arts, including music, art, creativity, dance, theater, and performance. Ap-proaches may be historical, theoretical, literary, cultural, or political, or through studio work. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 credits with different topics.
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3.00 Credits
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH (5) Prereq: Fair 203a and 206a or permission of instructor. The biology of pregnancy and childbirth, including the development of the fetus, morphological, physiological and psychological changes women experience during pregnancy and childbirth, and the co-evolutionary relationship between mothers and fetuses. Explores childbirth from cross-cultural and historical perspectives, and focuses on the ways American medicine has viewed and treated childbirth and recent changes in American childbirth practices.
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5.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 206a or permission. Explores the history, ethics, politics, and biology of environmental issues facing the world's indigenous peoples. Examine local and international case studies that involve Native hunting and fishing rights, land rights issues, and pollution issues.
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prereq: FAIR 203a and 206a. Varied current topics and controversies (such as global warming, genetic engineering, stem cell research, "peak oil") are chosento illuminate such questions as: How does science contribute to the public and political discourse essential to the shaping of social policy? How can we distinguish good science, bad science, junk science, pseudoscience, and nonsense without cultural bias - or can we? Repeatable with different topics.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Previous courses in psychology. Numerous studies show that "mindfulness,"an ancient practice now widely used in the West, offsets stress and leads to health, focus, and fellings of well-being. This course examines the origins, techniques, and effects of mindfulness.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 203a and a course in Psychology or equivalent. This course provides an introduction to the major theories in how the field of psychology addresses human personality. This course will focus on psychoanalytic, behavioral, humanistic, and social-cognitive perspectives. Also important current trends in psychology (positive psychology and cultural theories of personality) will be discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 243r or permission of instructor. A continuation of FAIR 243 with deeper attention, intellectual and experiential, to the philosophical concepts introduced in the first course, to psychophysical integration, and to the underlying principles and theories in somatics.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Fair 203a and at least one social science course. This course is designed to provide critical and analytic thinking skills through basic statistical analyses and research methods used in social sciences. Topics will include Correlation Analysis, Analysis of Variance, and Multiple Regression, and a computer lab using SPSS program.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: previous courses in psychology or permission of instructor. Examines eating disorders in the United States and developing countries from cultural and gender perspectives, as well as controversies regarding origins and treatments.
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