Possible Medical Humanities (MedHum) Courses Fall 2021

Note this list should not be considered complete. Please check the Directory of Classes and Vergil for late adds. All courses should be approved by the DUS or Director of Medical Humanities to be considered for the major requirements.

Fall 2021 Anthropology UN3151
LIVING WITH ANIMALS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PER
Section 001 LIVING WITH ANIMALS: ANTH
Call Number: 10120 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: MW 10:10am-11:25am Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (18 max) as of March 30, 2021
Notes: Priority given to ANTH Majors
Instructor: Hannah Chazin

 

Fall 2021 Ethnicity and Race, Center for Study of UN3942
RACE AND RACISMS
Section 001 Call Number: 15691 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 10:10am-12:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 9 students (20 max) as of July 29, 2021
Notes: Priority to CSER students, other students contact professor
Instructor: Catherine Fennell

 

Fall 2021 Anthropology GU4002
CONTROVERSIAL TPCS-HUM EVOL I
Section 001 CONTROVERSIAL TPCS-HUM EV
Call Number: 11221 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 4:10pm-6:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (10 max) as of March 30, 2021
Notes: The permission of the instructor is required to enroll
Instructor: Ralph L Holloway

 

Fall 2021 Anthropology UN3663
The Ancient Table: Archaeology of Cookin
Section 001 ANCT TBL: ARCH COOKING &
Call Number: 00539 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (16 max) as of March 30, 2021
Notes: Open to Anthropology Majors, Non-Majors Need Permission
Instructor: Camilla Sturm

 

 

Fall 2021 Biology BC1001
REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS IN BIOL
Section 001 REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS IN
Call Number: 00300 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: TR 10:10am-11:25am Location: 805 Altschul Hall (Barnard)
Enrollment: 28 students as of August 30, 2021
Instructor: Faculty

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature BC3160
TRAGIC BODIES
Section 001 Call Number: 00649 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm Location: LL104 Diana Center
Enrollment: 20 students (20 max) as of August 30, 2021 / Full
Instructor: Nancy Worman

 

 

Fall 2021 East Asian UN3844
CULTURE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND HEALING IN E
Section 001 CULTURE,HEALTH,HEALING E.
Call Number: 00460 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (22 max) as of March 30, 2021

 

Fall 2021 History BC3864
Feast/Famine: Food Environment
Section 001 FEAST/FAMINE CHINA
Call Number: 00052 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 12:10pm-2:00pm Location: 227 Milbank Hall (Barnard)
Enrollment: 11 students (12 max) as of August 30, 2021
Notes: Instructor Permission Required. Enrollment Limited.
Instructor: Dorothy Ko

 

 

Fall 2021 Biology GU4300
DRUGS AND DISEASE
Section 001 Call Number: 10112 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (55 max) as of March 30, 2021
Instructor: Lili Yamasaki

 

Fall 2021 Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology GU4321
HUM NATURE:DNA,RACE & IDENTITY
Section 001 HUM NATURE:DNA,RACE & IDE
Call Number: 12622 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 14 students (20 max) as of July 29, 2021
Instructors: Marya Pollack and Robert E Pollack

 

Fall 2021 English GU4934
MEDICINE AND LITERATURE: THE L
Section 001 MEDICINE AND LITERATURE
Call Number: 18222 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: T 12:10pm-2:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 0 students (18 max) as of July 29, 2021
Instructor: Arden A Hegele
Fall 2021 English BC3146
WALK THIS WAY
Section 001 Call Number: 00410 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: TR 10:10am-11:25am Location: 323 Milbank Hall (Barnard)
Enrollment: 40 students (40 max) as of August 30, 2021 / Full
Instructor: William C Sharpe

 

Fall 2021 English BC3208
WHAT’S YOUR STORY ANYWAY? – TRAUMA RESIS
Section 001 CREATIVE WRITING ON TRAUM
Call Number: 00429 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 9:00am-10:50am Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (12 max) as of March 30, 2021
Notes: SUBMIT APPLICATION BY AUGUST 23; SEE DEPT WEBSITE
Instructor: Maria D Hinojosa

 

Fall 2021 English BC3215
VICTORIAN SCIENCE&SCIFI
Section 001 Call Number: 00431 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: TR 10:10am-11:25am Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (35 max) as of March 30, 2021
Instructor: Jayne Hildebrand

 

Fall 2021 French GU4730
DISCOVERING EXISTENCE
Section 001 Call Number: 13015 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: 507 Philosophy Hall
Enrollment: 16 students (20 max) as of August 30, 2021
Instructor: Souleymane B Diagne

 

Fall 2021 History BC3864
Feast/Famine: Food Environment
Section 001 FEAST/FAMINE CHINA
Call Number: 00052 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 12:10pm-2:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (12 max) as of March 30, 2021
Notes: Instructor Permission Required. Enrollment Limited.
Instructor: Dorothy Ko

 

Fall 2021 History GU4769
HEALTH & HEALING IN AFRICA
Section 001 HEALTH & HEALING IN AFRIC
Call Number: 10319 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 10:10am-12:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (22 max) as of March 30, 2021
Instructor: Rhiannon Stephens

 

Fall 2021 Human Rights BC3360
Our Bodies and the Struggle to Define Pe
Section 001 HUMAN RIGHTS & BODILY AUT
Call Number: 00058 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: T 12:10pm-2:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (20 max) as of March 30, 2021
Instructor: Widney Brown

 

Fall 2021 Human Rights BC3850
HUMAN RIGHTS & PUBLIC HEALTH
Section 001 HUMAN RIGHTS & PUBLIC HEA
Call Number: 00059 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: T 6:10pm-8:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (20 max) as of March 30, 2021
Instructor: Widney Brown
Fall 2021 Human Rights UN3933
Mobilities: Migration and Disabilities
Section 001 MIGRATION AND DISABILITIE
Call Number: 00753 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: W 10:10am-12:00pm Location: 502 Diana Center
Enrollment: 13 students (20 max) as of August 30, 2021
Notes: Interested students should contact Professor Salyer
Instructor: J.C. Salyer

 

 

Fall 2021 Religion GU4513
BUDDHISM AND NEUROSCIENCE
Section 001 Call Number: 11440 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: M 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: To be announced
Enrollment: 0 students (25 max) as of March 30, 2021
Instructor: Bernard Faure

 

Fall 2021 Sociology UN3120
Trust and Mistrust in Science and Expert
Section 001 Trust/Mistrust in Sci&Exp
Call Number: 12115 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Enrollment: 0 students (75 max) as of March 30, 2021

 

Fall 2021 Women’s Studies BC3131
WOMEN AND SCIENCE
Section 001 Call Number: 00674 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: T 4:10pm-6:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 16 students (18 max) as of July 29, 2021
Instructor: Laura E Kay

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: English GU4406
MEMOIR: LIFE WRITING AND BOD
Section 001 MEMOIR: LIFE WRITING AN
Call Number: 15016 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 8 students (18 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Rachel Adams

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: Middle East UN3928
ARABIC PRISON WRITING
Section 001 Call Number: 10620 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 2:10pm-4:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 28 students (25 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: German UN3252
What is Fascism?
Section 001 Call Number: 12750 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: MW 1:10pm-2:25pm Location:
Enrollment: 13 students (40 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Annie Pfeifer

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: Greek Modern GU4600
Multilingual America: Translat
Section 001 Multilingual America
Call Number: 13954 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: T 6:10pm-8:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 1 student (12 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Karen R Van Dyck

 

Fall 2021 Greek, Modern W4821
The Greek Revolution of 1821
Section 001 The Greek Revolution of 1
Call Number: 13270 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: M 4:10pm-6:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 5 students (15 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Nikolas Kakkoufa

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: German GU4170
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain:
Section 001 Magic Mt: Morbidity, Mode
Call Number: 11762 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: T 4:10pm-6:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 5 students (25 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Dorothea von Muecke

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: Italian GU4500
Mediterranean Humanities
Section 001 Med Hum
Call Number: 11886 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: M 10:10am-12:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 19 students (20 max) as of May 7, 2021
Notes: Priority given to Italian majors and Graduate Students
Instructor: Konstantia Zanou

 

Fall 2021 Comparative Literature: Russian GU4214
The Road to Power: Marxism in Germany an
Section 001 Marxism in Germany and Ru
Call Number: 13925 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: W 4:10pm-6:00pm Location:
Enrollment: 0 students (18 max) as of May 7, 2021
Instructor: Adam Leeds
Fall 2021 Religion GU4513
BUDDHISM AND NEUROSCIENCE
Section 001 Call Number: 11440 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: M 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: 101 80 Claremont Ave
Enrollment: 25 students (25 max) as of August 30, 2021
Instructor: Bernard Faure

 

Fall 2021 Ethnicity and Race, Center for Study of UN3919
MODES OF INQUIRY
Section 001 Call Number: 10226 Points: 4   View in Vergil
Day/Time: R 10:10am-12:00pm Location: 313 Hamilton Hall
Enrollment: 15 students (22 max) as of August 30, 2021
Notes: CSER Majors Priority
Instructor: Sayantani T Dasgupta

 

Fall 2021 Middle East UN3048
Pandemics: A Global History
Section 001 Pandemics: A Global Histo
Call Number: 13524 Points: 3   View in Vergil
Day/Time: MW 10:10am-11:25am Location: 417 Mathematics Building
Enrollment: 18 students (40 max) as of August 30, 2021
Instructor: Kavita Sivaramakrishnan

 

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