Class topics include how to work with elementary school children, basic elementary school library use skills, and basic computer-information retrieval skills. Joel Shenker Students get a realistic insight into how medicine and health care actually operate. Topics include medical training and education, medical school admissions, the role of the physician in society, what physicians really do, how medicine is provided in the U. S. and other countries, the dynamics of health care reform, discussions with medical professionals, and evaluations of the portrayal of medicine on television. Students wishing to arrange volunteer work should attend an orientation program provided by local hospitals. For Unit One students only, or by permission of Unit One Director.
Students perform and lead discussions with students on appreciating opera.
Students come to a better understanding of scientific principles and gain a greater awareness of issues of science and science education in society, while providing something of real value to the children and teachers with whom they work. These courses enable students to apply principles of psychology within various community contexts. Students typically participate for two semesters. Specific information about placements may be obtained from the Department of Psychology undergraduate advising office. Admission to these courses is by consent of instructor only.