ANTH 397-01: Selected Topics in Anthropology

The Cultural Politics of Pollution

CLASS NUMBER:  7844

INSTRUCTOR:  DR. NICHOLAS WELCOME

TIME:  MON/WED  2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

LOCATION:  SHERMAN HALL 006

This course will undertake an anthropological analysis of the cultural, scientific, and political debates surrounding environmental conflicts. Drawing on perspectives from environmental justice, environmental health, and science and technology studies, this course will examine how communities, governments, and corporations respond to environmental disasters and their aftermaths. The course will explore how everyday experience and scientific expertise shape the production of environmental knowledge, the power relations that underlie environmental conflicts, the politics of corporate social responsibility, and the ways that environmental science and technologies shape our lives as they become incorporated into legal and medical regimes.

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STUDENTS:

Join faculty and staff for lunch and a scavenger hunt!

Noon - 1:00 p.m. Public Policy 2nd floor - PUP 204

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SOCY 630: 

SOCIOLOGY OF AGING

Class Number:  7899

Instructor: Dr. Takashi Yamashita

Time:  Tuesdays from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Location:  PUP 204

Description

Changing work, family and other sociological roles of the elderly; the subculture of the aged; economic, health, medical care and other social problems of the elderly.

SOCY 680: 

APPLIED SOCIOLOGY

Class Number:  7877

Instructor: Dr. Marina Adler

Time:  Mondays from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Location:  PUP 204

Description

The course focuses on the "practical side" of sociology: using sociological insights and research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) in an applied setting to examine local social conditions and social organizations or programs that address them. The course prepares students to become "embedded sociologists," who conduct change-oriented research in communities or organizations. Course content includes conceptualization of applied research projects, an introduction to community-based research, training and practice in various applied field methodologies, conducting an applied research project, and practice in communicating applied research results to local stakeholders.

Enrollment Requirements

You must complete SOCY 600 and SOCY 604 with a C or better.

SOCY 698 – Health and Human Rights

Special Topic course

Instructor - Ilsa Lottes

Summer Session 2

Meets:  Mondays 6:00 p.m. - 9:10 p.m.

Dates:  07/10/2017 - 08/18/2017

Room:  Public Policy 204

The class will meet in-person on Mondays from 6 pm -9:10 pm in PUP 204. In the last couple decades health professionals around the world have promoted human rights-based approaches to guide health system analysis and health policy. In this course students will learn components of health and human rights programs and understand principles of and links between health and human rights. Students will evaluate health policies and programs from a human rights perspective. Examples of human rights approaches to health will be given in both developed and developing countries. In addition, students will examine the benefits of health and human rights programs as well as the problems and conflicts associated with such programs. This hybrid course requires both classroom and online time; reliable internet access and computer literacy; and the ability to self-manage independent learning assignments according to deadlines. In place of reduced classroom hours, required online work is connected to classroom learning and may include independent mastery assignments, discussion boards, videos with quizzes, writing assignments, and other active learning experiences. Students are responsible for both classroom attendance and completing these out-of-classroom learning experiences by the specified deadlines and in accordance with instructor requirements.