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Curriculum

The following chart lists MSU multidisciplinary coursework offered Fall 2007 for Fogarty trainee consideration. Trainees will complete a minimum of 9 credits during Fall semester. Although trainees are not limited to the following coursework, this chart reflects courses of possible interest.

Fall 2007
Fogarty Research Ethics Trainee Course Options
 
Course Number
Course Title
Day-Time
 Credits
Method
 Instructor
Location
ANP 416
 Anthropology of Southern Africa TU TH 10:20-11:40 a.m.
3
 Lecture/ W. Derman
Room 255   Recitation/  
Baker Hall   Discussion  
Structure and organization of major cultures. Transformations caused by global, national, and local forces.
 
ANP 430
 Culture, Resources, and Power TU TH 10:20-11:40 a.m.
3
 Lecture/ L. Medina
Room 108   Recitation/  
Berkey Hall   Discussion  
Contemporary anthropological perspectives on culture as it relates to power and the use of resources. Anthropological analysis of related contemporary issues.
 
ANP 431
 Gender, Environment and Development W 5-7:50 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ M. Walker
Room 255   Recitation/  
Baker Hall   Discussion  
Relationship among processes of environmental change, development and differentiation. Anthropological perspectives. Case studies of major theoretical approaches. Gendered participation environmental movements, organizations.
 
ANP 825
 International Social Science Research: Methods and Praxis TH 6-8:50 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ D. Wiley
Room 201   Recitation/  
Center for Intl. Progams   Discussion  
Issues in the design and implementation of anthropological field research. Development of field research proposals.
 
ANP 826
 International Development and Sustainability TU 3-5:50 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ J. Kerr
Room 223   Recitation/  
Nat Res Bldg.   Discussion  
Environmental, economic, political, legal, management, and cultural components of sustainable development.
 
ANP 834
 Medical Anthropology I Overview W 3:00-5:50 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ L. Hunt
Room 455   Recitation/  
Baker Hall   Discussion  
Anthropological approaches to the study of sickness, disease, and healing. Medical anthropology as a subdiscipline.
 
ANP 855
 Roots of Contemporary Anthropological Theory M 11:30-2:20 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ E. Drexler & M. Morgan
Room 255   Recitation/
Baker Hall   Discussion  
Development of contemporary anthropological theory from 18th and 19th centuries. Major paradigms in current anthropology.
 
ANP 858
 Gender and Environment TU 1:50-4:40 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ C. Simmons
Room 120   Recitation/
Geography Bldg.   Discussion  
Issues and concepts related to gender, ecology, and environmental studies. Key debates and theoretical approaches to addressing environmental issues from a gender and social justice perspective. Gender and environment issues and processes from a global perspective.
 

CAS 825

Mass Communication and Public Health

 TH 4:10-7:00 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ K. Silk
Room 173   Recitation/  
Com Arts Bldg   Discussion  
Health communication campaigns in domestic and international contexts. Focus on principles of effective communication.
 
EPI 547 Information Management: Applications of Epidemiology and Biostats Arranged
1
   M. Brown & M. Reeves
Short Course
10/22/07-12/14/07		    
Basic competency in accessing, analyzing, and applying information to patients and populations. Offered first half of semester.
 
EPI 805 Historical Roots of Epidemiology (Interdepartmental course with History) M 12:40-2:30 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ M. Rip
Room A 131   Recitation/  
Fee Hall   Discussion  
Historical evolution of models of disease causation and population perspectives on disease.
 
EPI 810 Introduction to Descriptive and Analytical Epidemiology

M W 3:10-5:00 p.m.
2
 Lecture/ J. Anthony
Short Course
8/27/07-10/10/07		   Recitation/  
B616 Fee Hall   Discussion  
Study of disease from a population perspective as the interaction of host, agent, and environment. Fundamental concepts include case definition, measuring frequency of disease, mortality and morbidity data, and major study designs.
 
EPI 812 Causal Inference in Epidemiology M W 10:20-11:40 a.m.
3
 Lecture/ C. Holzman
Room A 131   Recitation/  
Fee Hall   Discussion  
Causal models, criteria, and causality related to study design and analysis in epidemiology. Application of theoretical concepts to the design, analysis, and assessment of epidemiologic research.
 
EPI 826 Research Methods in Epidemiology M W 4:10-5:30 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ Rahbar &
D. Pathak
Room B100C   Recitation/
Wells Hall   Discussion  
Analyses of epidemiologic and clinical data applying statistical methods, based on logistic and survival models, using standard software.
 
GEO 435 Georgaphy of Health and Disease TU TH 2:40-4:00 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ S. Grady
Room 011   Recitation/  
Olds Hall   Discussion  
Spatio-environmental concepts and techniques applied to health problems. Disease transmission cylces, community nutrition, and health-care planning.
 

HM 550

 International Law and Ethics of Human Subject Research TU 7:45-9:45 p.m.
2
 Lecture/ G. Schatz
Room 340   Recitation/  
College of Law Bldg.   Discussion  
Interdisciplinary understanding of the substance and interrelationships of international law and ethics in protecting human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research.
 
HM 820 Humanistic and Social Perspectives on Health M W 3-4:20 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ E. Bogdan-Lovis
Room C214   Recitation/  
E Fee Hall   Discussion  
Multidisciplinary perspectives on health care and medicine. Linkages among the humanities, social sciences and the sciences.
 
HST 830 Seminar in African History-African Urban History F 12:40-3:30 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ L. Fair
Room 108   Recitation/  
Morrill Hall   Discussion  
Political, social, and economic history of Africa. Major interpretations and research methods. Periods and topics vary.
 
PHL 344 Ethical Issues in Health Care TU TH 3:00-4:50 p.m.
4
 Lecture/ J. Nelson
Room 209   Recitation/  
Berkey Hall   Discussion  
Termination of treatment, truth-telling, informed consent, human experimentation, reproductive issues, allocation of scarce resources, justice and the health care system.
 
PHL 452 Ethics and Development  M W 3-4:20 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ S. Esquith
Room 220   Recitation/  
Bessey Hall   Discussion  
Ethical issues such as racism, health care disparities, war, genocide, famine, agricultural intensification, economic liberalization, democratization, gender equity, globalization, and environmental degradation.
 
PHL 480 Philosophy of Science  TU TH 3-4:50 p.m.
4
 Lecture/ D. Steel
Room 218B   Recitation/  
Berkey Hall   Discussion  
Structure of scientific theories and explanation. Causation, prediction, induction, confirmation, discovery, and scientific progress.
 
PHL 491 Special Topics in Philosophy - Animals and Ethics  TU TH 12:40-2:00 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ P. Thompson
Room 312   Recitation/  
Bessey Hall   Discussion  
Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group study basis.
 
PHL 870 Seminar in Philosophy of Health Care - History of Feminist Bioethics W 7-9:50 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ H. Lindemann
Room 530   Recitation/  
South Kedzie   Discussion  
Ethical, political, theoretical, and methodological issues in medicine and health care.
 
SOC 476
 Social Psychology of Health M W 12:40-2:00 p.m.
3
 Lecture/ M. MacInnes
Room 118   Recitation/  
Berkey Hall   Discussion  
Social psychological aspects of health and health care behavior. Mental health and stress. Patient-provider behavior. Role relationships.
 
SOC 868
 Science and Technology W 9:10-12:00 noon
3
 Lecture/ L. Busch
Room 211A   Recitation/  
Berkey Hall   Discussion  
Social aspects of science and technology. History of science studies. Contemporary perspectives, controversies, and cases. Role of science and technology in development.

 

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