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Development of the individual across the lifespan, from conception to death. Surveys the biological bases and social contexts of developmental processes (e.g. cognitive, social, emotional development). Implications of research for education, parenting/family relations, and social policy.

Soc. 410 Society and Law (Meet in classroom first week)

(4 cr)

CRN:

45053

Section:

Instructor:

Michael Dawson

Day:

Wednesday

Time:

5:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Room:

Bldg. 2 Room 101

Starts:

Jan. 6

Notes:

Meet in class: Jan. 6, 20, Feb. 3, 17, March 3. Law, as Stanford University Law Professor Lawrence M. Friedman says, is really the same thing as a legal system, a set of laws (statutes, regulations, and case laws) that is created, enforced, and experienced by governments, courts, police forces, jails, lawyers, and ordinary people. As Friedman says, every legal system is a human creation that is plugged into a wider society. That connection runs both ways: the wider society generally determines the structure and evolution of the legal system, but is also itself shaped – often deeply-- by its institutions of law. This is neither a law school course designed to give you arcane knowledge of specific laws nor a shallow survey of a hundred issues in legal sociology. Instead, we will spend 10 weeks struggling to gain improved understandings of what may prove to be the top two legal issues of our century: 1) the deep legal biases underlying American society, and 2) the prospects for the rule of law on a global level.

Course taught partially online

WS 399 Women Art Emerging Shadows (Jan. 15 & 16)

(1 cr)

CRN:

45055

Section:

Instructor:

Serena Barton

Day:

Friday/Saturday

Time:

F 5:30-9:00/S9-1:00 pm

Room:

Bldg. 2 Rm. 124

Starts:

Jan. 15

Notes:

Meets Jan. 15 & 16 only. This course will explore the lives and work of Italian painter Marietta Robusti, and French sculptor Camille Claudel, particularly with regard to the historical relegation of female artists to a hidden or inferior status. Students will do a creative project based on materials covered in class. No previous art experience needed.