school of social science - Hampshire College

Class time will focus on five classes of natural products,
(e.g., terpenes, alkaloids. poisons, food additives, and medidnes).
Students will be expected to prepare and lead class
discussions. write five shon papers (one per class of natural
products). and prepare repons on laboratory projects.
Two semesters of Organic Chemistry with lab or
instructor permission is required for enrollment. Enrollment
is limited to 10. This is a Hughes Advanced Research course.
NS 342/142
FOOD, MEDICINE, POISON: THE SCIENCE OF
HUMAN BOTANICAL CULTURE
Lawrence Winship
See descriprion NS 142/342.
NS 354
DESIGNING INTERNET RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
Michelle Murrain
As the Internet grows into a global library, designing
useful and accurate resources available to a variety of audiences
such as health-care providers, students, and health-care
consumers is important. In this class, we will focus on health
information for a variety of audiences and look carefully at a
set of examples that serve as case studies. Students will choose
a specific topic and spend a large pan of the semester designing
Internet resources to disseminate information about this
topic broadly. Students will learn about and apply the wide
variety of newer Internet technologies, such as delivering
multimedia over the web, streaming technologies. "hot sauce,"
hyper-g/hyper-wave, and java. We will also approach some of
the larger issues inherent in disseminating health information,
such as accuracy, accountability, and timeliness. The prerequisite
for this course is either previous course work in computer
science or previous course work in health studies. The
enrollment limit is 1 S. All students need to be at least familiar
with e-mail, USENET. and the web.
Class will meet twice a week for one hour and twenty
minutes.
NS 370
COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Benjamin Oke
This practicum is designed to introduce students, via the
laboratory, to the tools, techniques, procedures, and principles
of organ system physiology. Emphasis will be on comparative
study of physiological concepts involved in the function of
various body systems in different species of domestic animals.
Auention will also be given to humane preparation of animals
for physiologic investigation, i.e., selection of spedes,
anesthetics, minor surgical procedures, cannulation and
catheterization, etc.
Class will meet twice a week for one hour and twenty
minute sessions. Prerequisites include previous course work in
biology and chemistry. Instructor permission is required for
enrollment, and class size is limited to 10.
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