The techniques, strategies, and issues of conducting scientific investigations within the domain of public health and preventive medicine. Numerous theoretical and methodological approaches to public health problems will be addressed in a chronological manner that matches the sections of a peer-reviewed journal article, e.g., background, methods, results, and discussion.
Discussion of the legal framework and special legal issues in pharmacy practice. Topics will include application of antitrust laws to pharmacy, patent and trademark issues relevant to pharmacy, legal issues related to prescription drug insurance programs, professional liability and legislative issues such as drug product selection.
A survey of recent literature on public adminis- tration and public policy, including organizational theory, the political environment of administration, public budgeting, public personnel administration, public policy administration, and public management.
nonhuman behavior from a biological perspective. Special attention is paid to the interaction between genetic inheritance, individual experience, and physiological state in the control of the appetitive and consummatory behaviors.
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.
With the advice and approval of his or her faculty adviser, the second-year student may choose approved electives offered by the Department of Radiation Medicine. The intent is to provide the student an opportunity for exploration and study in an area which supplements and/or complements required course work in the second-year curriculum. PASS-FAIL ONLY.
This course is designed to introduce current concepts in esthetic restorative dentistry to undergraduate dental students in their 4th academic year. The techniques presented will build upon previously developed restorative didactic and clinical knowledge, but incorporate additional dental techniques and materials developed specifically for esthetic dentistry. Current dental materials being used by this discipline will be discussed as they apply to specific topics. Lecture, nine hours. Note: scheduling for this course will be outside of regularly scheduled clinic/class time.
Comparative perspectives in social organization in non-western societies. The course examines systems of kinship, marriage, family, community, community organizations and voluntary associations in the ethnographic record as well as theoretical approaches to structure and change.
Examination of the main areas of research in social stratification and mobility. The course is centered primarily around the core readings, both classical and contemporary, of stratification and mobility research. Topics include educational and occupational attainment, occupational status and prestige, inter- and intra-generational occupational mobility, classes, the consequences of stratification, and the role of labor markets, gender, ethnicity, and race in stratification and mobility. A familiarity with statistics or survey research is strongly recommended.
Introduction to the structure and techniques that are the foundations of probability. Emphasis on applications to real world problems and case studies, possibly involving DNA matching, sports statistics, forecasting, lotteries and epidemics. Interface of probability and inference. Prereq: MA 113 or MA 123.
