HHMI Program in Science and Society

RELEVANT COURSES

Students interested in the possibility of pursuing this program of study should start planning as early as possible how they will complete the course requirements, since several of the courses in the cluster have limited enrollments and/or pre-requisites.

The following is a current list of the courses offered in the Tri-College Community that may be of interest to students in the Program in Science and Society. Relevant courses continue to be added to this list. Courses offered in 2000-2001 are shown in bold. (More information concerning these courses is given in the Tri-College Course Guide.) A course not listed here may sometimes be appropriate for a student's specific plan of study. In such a case, the student may petition the committee for the inclusion of this course in their curriculum.

Courses Offered at Haverford:

• H100 (ECON) The Economics of Public Policy - no prereq. (Final paper topic must be relevant to the focus of the program)
• H108b (PHYS) The Physics of Medical Technologies - no prereq.
• H110 (ANTH) Anthropology of Food and Eating
• H221 (GNPR) Issues in Public Health
• H222 (GNPR) Issues in Urban Public Health, limited enrollment.
• H226g (BIOL/ECON) Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Economies - prereq. ECON 101 or 105 (BMC)
• H230b (PHYS) Biophysical Applications - PHY 102 or 106, MATH 114 or 121, and at least one 200-level course in the natural sciences. (Offered in alternate years.)
• H248a (BIOL/GNPR) Disease and Discrimination - prereq. BIOL 150 or BIOL 200a or BIOL 101 (BMC) or AP Bio credit, Social Justice
• H250 (GNPR, crosslisted with EDU) Literacies and Education, limited enrollment.
• H252a (GNPR) Women, Medicine, and Biology - no prereq., enrollment limited to 25, Social Justice
• H254b (GNPR) Gender and Science
• H274 (RELG) Religion and Practical Ethics
• H280 (RELG) Ethics and the Good Life
• H287b (RELG) Introduction to Bioethics - no prereq.
• H350b (PSYC) The Biopsychology of Stress - prereq. PSYC 108d and 217b or equivalent, limited enrollment.
• H356b (HIST) Topics in Modern European History: The Image of Science in European Culture
• Bioethics (GNPR) - Paul Wolpe, Visiting Professor from Penn.

Courses Offered at Bryn Mawr:

• B209 (BIOL) - Environmental Toxicology
• B210 (BIOL) Biology and Public Policy - prereq. one semester intro biology
• B210 (ANTH) Medical Anthropology - prereq. Anth 102
• B220 (SOCL) Medical Sociology - no prereq.
• B221 (PHIL) - Ethics (Final paper topic must be relevant to the program)
• B222 (POL, crosslisted with CITIES) Introduction to Environmental Issues, Movements, Controversies and Policy Making: An International Perspective.
• B234 (ECON) Environmental Economics
• B310/315 (SOCL) - Sociology of AIDS (students must take both courses concurrently)
• B323 (ANTH) Clinical Encounter - prereq. ANTH 210 or permission of instructor.
• B325 (HIST) - Topics in Social History: Society and Disease

Courses Offered at Swarthmore:

• S9 (PHIL) Intro to Philosophy of Science - no prereq.
• S62 (HIST) Health, Medicine and the Body in Modern Africa - no prereq.
• S75 (ECON, cross-listed as POLS 42) Health Policy - recommended prereq. one semester intro ECON
• S86 (SOCL/ANTH ) Culture, Illness and Health - no prereq.
  

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