ANTH V 3976x Anthropology of Science
Examines debates in the social studies of science, beginning with a focus on questions of epistemology and analyzing the significance of social interests, laboratory and social practices, and "culture(s)" in the making of scientific knowledge. The course then turns to consider the role of the sciences in fashioning larger social worlds.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor required. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Social Analysis (SOC).
3 points
ANTH V 3977y Trauma
Examines trauma as an individual, collective, and international political phenomena. Topics include the history and physiology of trauma, trauma and psychoanalysis, trauma and politics, and trauma after 9-11.
Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to 20 students. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL).
3 points
ANTH V 3906y Functional Linguistics
Introduction to functional linguistics: describing, classifying and explaining the relation between linguistic form and linguistic function; and language typology: describing and comparing the forms and functions of the world's languages in order to uncover, classify and explain cross-linguistic patterns. - P. Kockleman
Prerequisites: ANTH V1009 Language and Culture, or permission of the instructor. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL).
4 points
SCPP BC 3334y Science, State Power & Ethics
A comparative study of science in the service of the State in the U.S., the former Soviet Union, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany during pivotal periods through the first half of the 20th century. Topics to be covered include the political and moral consequences of policies based upon advances in the natural sciences making possible the development of TNT, nerve gas, uranium fission and hydrogen fusion atomic bombs. Considers the tensions involved in balancing scientific imperatives, patriotic commitment to the nation-state, and universal moral principles � tensions faced by Robert Oppenheimer, Andrei Sakharov, Neils Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. Selected readings include: Michael Frayn�s play Copenhagen,Hitler�s Uranium Club by Jeremy Bernstein, Brecht's Galileo, John McPhee�s The Curve of Binding Energy, Richard Rhodes� The Making of the Atomic Bomb.- T. Halpin-Healy (Physics), R. Pious (Political Science)
Prerequisites: INSTRUCTOR'S PERMISSION REQUIRED; Enrollment limited to 12 students. General Education Requirement: Social Analysis (SOC). General Education Requirement: Reason and Value (REA). General Education Requirement: Ethics and Values. Not offered in 2012-2013.
4 points