This survey course examines the population dynamics and equlibria of genes in nuclei, chloroplasts and mitochondria. Emphasis will be on biological relevance (in plants, animals, and micro-organisms), but some theoretical derivations will also be introduced.
Introduces upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students to the principles of critical and cultural theory. Explores topics of language, textuality, writing, subjectivity, culture, gender, everyday life, and power through the work of primarily, but not exclusively, French thinkers such as Saussure, Barthes, Fanon, Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, Kristeva, Baudrillard, de Certeau. Taught in English with no knowledge of French necessary.
This graduate seminar provides a comprehensive overview of the philosophy, theory and practice of long-term care focusing on the manner in which such care is evolving in an aging society. The full range of long-term care options are considered including the design of supportive communities that support individual autonomy and reduce the need for long-term care, home and community based long-term care, family care, transitional options for long-term care support, and the full array of residential and institutional alternatives.
This zero-credit course is intended for graduate students who are enrolled in a degree program at another university and are visiting the University of Kentucky for a period of time no longer than one semester. Students enrolled in this course will typically engage in research activity during their time at UK.
Gender identities and sexual identities, especially LGBTQ identities, will be examined in this interdisciplinary course. Topics include the history of sexual and gender identities; politics of sexuality and sexual identities, and transgender identities, the role of activism in political and cultural change; psychology of identity formation; form of oppression, including heterosexism, homonegativity, and transphobia; and representations in art, media, and literature.
Health care reform is in the news every day, and everyone has an opinion on why the system is broken, how to fix it, who should have access to good medical care, under what circumstances, and what constitutes "good care" in the first place.
"Renaissance Europe" is an overview of the rebirth of classical culture that we call the Renaissance. We will examine the political and social background to the changes in arts and letters that occurred in 14th- and 15th-century Italy, how the Renaissance developed, and why and how the Renaissance spread to the rest of western Europe.
"Reformation Europe" is an overview the religious, political, and social changes that we call the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. We will examine the late medieval religious scene and the theological breakthrough of Martin Luther. We will see how Luther developed his ideas, and how his ideas spread into European society, meeting both welcome and resistance. The interplay between ideas, rituals, and community, and how these worked together to create religious and social change, will be examined.
This course offers a general perspective of the African American experience in Kentucky. Students will discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions of black life in the state form the earliest settlement to the present. This course will also highlight the people, places, events, organizations, and institutions that have been pivotal to the Kentucky African American experience.
Examines the relationship between sustainability and the built environment, with emphasis on construction, building operations, and community planning and development. Topics considered include green building and design, smart growth, embodied energy, adaptive reuse, whole life cycle assessments, energy-efficient retrofitting, social and environmental justice, and the role of heritage in fashioning durable commitments to place.
