Instructor: R. Pollack and M. Pollack
This 4 point seminar on Human Identity is taught by colleagues from four different disciplines; Law, Religion, Science, and Medicine. EEEB W4321 Human Identity fulfills requirements for majors in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology and in the new major of Medicine, Literature, and Society (MLS) offered by the Institute in Comparative Literature. It is also an elective for seniors in the Department of Sustainability and Development and is cross-listed with the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.
The course focuses on human identity, beginning with the individual and progressing to communal and global viewpoints using a framework of perspectives from biology, genetics, medicine, public health, psychiatry, religion and the law. W4321 evolved from a Columbia College Core Capstone course INSM4321 in 2009 which developed initially from a Ford Foundation grant to the Center for the Study of Science and Religion for “A Difficult Dialogues Course: Human Nature.'”
As a graduate level course, it is open to interested seniors and graduate students including those from the Medical Center campus. Columbia University is dedicated to facilitating equal access for students with disabilities. Please let one of the instructors know through the Office of Disability Services if you need special accommodations because of a disability.
