This course familiarizes students with the practice of public health, introducing them to the various settings and arenas in which public health professionals work. Through guest lectures and discussions with professionals in the field, experiential learning opportunities and in- depth examination of specific public health careers, students gain exposure to the roles and responsibilities of the public health workforce.
Residency credit for dissertation research after the qualifying examination. Students may register for this course in the semester of the qualifying examination. A minimum of two semesters are required as well as continuous enrollment (Fall and Spring) until the dissertation is completed and defended.
An introductory course of an interdisciplinary, topical, or experimental nature which may be used toward partial fulfillment of the Social Sciences requirement in the College of Arts and Sciences Each pilot or experimental course must be approved by the department chair and by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; a particular title may be offered no more than three times under this course number. Open to all university students, subject to controlled enrollment or prerequisites as set by the instructor. May be repeated under different subtitles up to 12 SCH.
This course examines the implications of psychological theory and methods for law and the criminal justice system. There is a concentration on psychological research on legal topics (e.g., confessions, eyewitness testimony, jury decision-making, sentencing), social issues (e.g., theories of crime, the death penalty, children and the legal system, race and legal issues, victims of crime), and on psychologists as an important component of the legal system (, assessing insanity, competence to testify, criminal profiling).
Reports and discussions on recent research and current chemical literature; writing and revision of scientific papers; literature searching methods; preparation of effective presentations abstracts and visual aids. CHE 372 and CHE 472 meet the A&S College Writing and Communications Requirement. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.
Reports and discussions on recent research and current chemical literature in seminar format; literature searching methods; resume construction; preparation of effective presentations abstracts and visual aids. CHE 472 and CHE 372 meet the A&S College Writing and Communications Requirement. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.
A team-taught, multidisciplinary exploration of a set of issues that effect cultural, literary, geographical, historical, political, philosophical or social developments in Germany in relation to surrounding geographical areas. The seminar will foster multidisciplinary perspectives in the study of Germany, its inhabitants, and cultural traditions, in historical, contemporary, and comparative contexts. Seminar readings in German, discussion in English.
This course focuses on the science behind our understanding of how our planet's climate has changed over time, in particular from 100 million years ago to the present. The most significant processes, astronomical, geological, oceanographic, and atmospheric, are examined with an emphasis on the broad scales of time and space over which they operate, and drive climatic change. Proxy data records are defined in the context of how they record climatic data, and how we "read" them to learn the climatic history they store.
This class explores the fundamental roles that law plays in organizing contemporary social life. It considers various ways of understanding law's complex presence in society: how law shapes and enables social interaction, how law constructs differences among people and their actions, how law mediates and enforces power relationships, and how law matters for the kind of society we have. Official legal institutions (courts) and actors (judges, police, lawyers, etc.) will be examined, as well as how law works as a complex array of norms, symbols, discourses, and practices.
An introductory survey course covering the relationship between language and various social and communication phenomena. Topics include: child and adult language learning; language and cognition; language variation and change; language and social identity (e.g., ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation); language and intergroup relations; linguistic stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; politeness and accommodation; linguistic biases. Emphasis is on a social-scientific, communication approach.
