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PSYC299

History of Clinical and Life Sciences
PSYC299 FA

Crosslistings: CHUM299, SISP299

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       21      21         0

The course surveys developments in the clinical and life sciences from the early nineteenth century to the present. The course traces the scientific efforts to understand human nature and to generate means toward its improvement or remediation of problems. Disciplines include psychology, psychiatry, medicine, biology, and neuroscience and are examined in terms of their cultural meanings, their consequences for social policy and private life, and their validity as scientific knowledge.

MAJOR READINGS

Additional texts to be announced.
Kelves, CODE OF CODES
Hacking, REWRITING THE SOUL
Smith,INHIBITION
Haraway, PRIMATE VISIONS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Exams and papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: None

Section 01
Morawski, J
Times: M...... 1:10PM;
Grading Mode: A/F
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 0, Fr: 0
Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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