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Affect: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects of Feelings, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting or as values are to beliefs and practices. Subject considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts.
Artifact Ethics (Archaeology)
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Abstract: In their study of archaeological issues students will use ethical dilemmas to examine their own values and beliefs about archaeological site protection and evaluate possible actions they might take regarding site and artifact protection.
Becoming Digital: Writing About Media Change, Fall 2005
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Abstract: The computer and related technologies have invaded our daily lives, have changed the way we communicate, do business, gather information, entertain ourselves. Even technology once considered distinctly "modern" - photography, the telephone, movies, television - has been altered or replaced by faster ... More »
Darwin and Design, Fall 2003
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Abstract: In Origin of Species, Darwin provided a model for understanding the existence of objects and systems manifesting evidence of design without positing a designer, and of purpose and mechanism without intelligent agency. Texts deal with pre-Darwinian and later treatment of this topic within literature and ... More »
Developing a Statement of Values
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Abstract: This module serves two purposes. First, it reports on a successful effort by the College of Business Administration of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez to design and implement a statement of values in response to AACSB requirements. Second, it provides students in occupational and professional ... More »
Ethics and Laptops: Identifying Social Responsibility Issues in Puerto Rico
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Abstract: This module is based on a hypothetical case with some very real implications. Students are placed in the perspective of decision-makers charged with implementing a project to give public school students in Puerto Rico laptop computers to facilitate their education. Then they are provided with a socio-technical ... More »
Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Spring 2006
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Abstract: This course examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Guest speakers present cases, involving current projects, which illustrate the scope and methods of urban design practice.
Literature and Ethical Values, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Examines competing ethical concepts and the ethical implications of certain actions and commitments by close reading of literary works. Topics include: origins of morality, ideals of justice, the nature of the virtues, notions of responsibility, ethics and politics, and the ethics of extreme situations. ... More »
Materials in Human Experience, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary societies have selected, evaluated, and used materials of nature, transforming them to objects of material culture. Some examples: glass in ancient Egypt and Rome; powerful metals in the Inka empire; rubber processing in ancient Mexico. Explores ... More »
Of Angel Wings and Hurricanes: When Court Mandates and Community Values Collide
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Abstract: In this case study the author explores legal, ethical, leadership and community issues arising from the banning of prayer before football games in Alabama past and present. The modern legal history of the elimination of a long-held tradition in many Alaba
Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Much social controversy in the 1990s has been concerned with how society should respond to poverty, and the related issues of welfare, out of wedlock births, homelessness, crime, and drugs. This course investigates how particular societal responses are a function of the values, political and policy issues, ... More »
Reforming Natural Resources Governance: Failings of Scientific Rationalism and Alternatives for Building Common Ground, January (IAP) 2007
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Abstract: For the last century, precepts of scientific management and administrative rationality have concentrated power in the hands of technical specialists, which in recent decades has contributed to widespread disenfranchisement and discontent among stakeholders in natural resources cases. In this seminar ... More »
Role of Science and Scientists in Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Policymaking, Spring 2006
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Abstract: This course examines joint fact-finding within the context of adaptive and ecosystem-based management. Challenges and obstacles to collaborative approaches for deciding environmental and natural resource policy and the institutional changes within federal agencies necessary to utilize joint fact-finding ... More »
Social Psychology, Spring 2005
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Abstract: In this course we learn social psychology both theoretically and practically. We examine interpersonal and group dynamics, and explore how the thoughts, feelings and actions of individuals are influenced by (and influence) the beliefs, values and practices of large and small groups. We experience the ... More »
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America
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Abstract: presents 170 Sunday school books published in America between 1815 and 1865. They document the culture of religious instruction of youth during the Antebellum era and illustrate thematic divisions that preoccupied 19th-century America.
The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004
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Abstract: The role of the family in human evolution, and as a symbol in our own social and political lives. Topics include: sex, marriage, and parenting; the labor market; class, race, and ethnicity; and the family's probable future. We begin by considering briefly the evolution of the family, its cross-cultural ... More »
Topics in Philosophy of Science: Social Science, Fall 2006
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Abstract: This course offers an advanced survey of current debates about the ontology, methodology, and aims of the social sciences.