None, but some experience with computers, Internet, and World Wide Web is recommended. This course explores information technology as the fundamental infrastructure of the contemporary globalization of knowledge and power. May be repeated for a total of six credits. It serves as a resource for those courses, providing access to a common body of information and a shared forum for discussion. May be repeated for a total of eight credits.
Topics vary from term to term.
Western and Non-Western Medicine. Permission of instructor. A cross-cultural offering in the sociology of knowledge, using basic concepts involved in health and medical practices of classical China, India, and the contemporary West. Perspectives on High Technology Society. This course examines the development and impact of advanced technology.