Description: Studies socio-cultural conditions effecting the definition, recording, and treatment of delinquency and crime.Anna Eisenstein will teach in Spring 2021. China Scherz, who last taught the course in Fall 2019. Requirements: Social Sciences*, Cultures & Societies of the World**, Science & Society**.If you are a pre-med student or interested in bioethics or public health, take this course!!! It was the highlight of my semester!!!” This course is not designed to be tricky Professor Scherz genuinely wants her students (many of them pre-med) to understand that there’s more to medicine than science. The 2 short papers you write are also graded extremely fairly. Midterm and final are both easy if you take decent notes and pay attention during class. Discussion sections were nice because the TA really encouraged you to think more abstractly about the concepts. I read the articles because I found them extremely interesting, but could’ve definitely gotten away with not doing them at all. There is a lot of reading, but it’s really not necessary to do well in this class. Professor Scherz is an absolutely amazing lecturer, and so interesting to talk to during office hours. “This is the best course I’ve ever taken at UVA. The aim of the course is to provide a broad understanding of the relationship between culture, healing (including and especially the Western form of healing known as biomedicine), health and political power. It is organized thematically around a critical humanist approach, along with perspectives from political economy and social constructionism. Description: The course introduces medical anthropology, and contextualizes bodies, suffering, healing and health. Humanities for Non-Humanities Majors ANTH 2280: Medical Anthropology Requirements: Social Sciences* Living Systems** Social & Economic Systems**.If you want to take child psych, wait until Professor Vaish is teaching it! The spots move quickly so prioritize this class and go on the waiting list if you can. Her class moves quickly and typically has a lot of videos and fun conversations about child psychology. She does have clicker questions which require you to attend the class. Professor Vaish is so approachable and really wants her students to do well. “One of the easiest and best classes I have taken at UVA. Prerequisite: PSYC 1010 strongly recommended, top students will be fine without it. An optional weekly review session is offered for those who wish to attend. Students can participate in an optional discussion section. Topics include the child’s emotional, perceptual, and intellectual development and the development of personality and socialization. Description: Introduces the biological, cognitive and social development of the child.Requirements: Non-Western Perspectives* Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry** Cultures & Societies of the World**.Not only is Professor Stepanic one of the coolest instructors I’ve had at UVA, the material is super interesting, and the grading is EASY… I highly recommend you take Dracula during your time on Grounds!” “There’s a reason this class is posted about on every ‘top courses for UVA students’ website. “No longer counts as second writing requirement, BUT a great Non-Western class! Also, just a great class in general. The approach is interdisciplinary: folklore, history, literature, religion, film, disease and a variety of other topics. Western perceptions, misperceptions, and adaptations of Slavic culture are explored and explicated. Description: An introduction to Slavic folklore with special emphasis on the origins and subsequent manifestations of vampirism.Notes: Restricted to 1st and 2nd years see course website for more information.Requirements met: Entrepreneurship minor prerequisite.“Super informational - learned a lot and wasn’t too difficult!” If you show up and do the work, you’ll do very well.” Chip Ransler and Bevin Etienne were great. The course, by way of in-class case discussions, mentored group work, and startup simulations introduces students to a broad range of issues faced by founders and funders of both for-profit and non-profit ventures. Description: The Startup class is a 14-week course-plus-simulation designed to provide students with not only the basic tools and vocabulary of new ventures, but also a sense of what it feels like to start, fund, and manage such a venture.Professor(s): Bevin Etienne, Charles “Chip” Ransler.EASY As ENTP 1010: Startup - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
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