DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE COURSE LIST 2001-2002

Yale College Classes
(keep in mind-some may also be listed as graduate courses)

AMST 301aG/*ANTH 360aG, AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. Consideration of the concept of community and an examination of various kinds of communities - ranging from those defined by social proximity to those defined by a common experience or ideology - that are part of the American experience, in order to understand the value Americans place on community itself, and the ways in which the pull of individualism exacts a toll on that commitment. Kathryn Dudley.

AMST 401a/*ARCH 420aG/*ER&M 285a, THE AMERICAN SUBURB. An exploration of the suburb as a built environment reflecting ideas about architecture and land use, family and gender, nature and culture. Dolores Hayden.

CPSC 180a or b, COMPUTERS AND THE LAW. A survey and exploration of legal issues arising from the use of computers in contemporary society, particularly in the massively networked context of the Internet. Topics include the nature of cyberspace and cybercommunities, constitutional rights on the electronic frontier, privacy and electronic communication, anonymity, censorship, computer crime and torts, liability issues, and intellectual property. No previous experience with computers or law necessary. Robert Dunne.

E&EB 110b/STEV 110b, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. An introduction to envionmental studies. Concepts include demography, complexity, risk assessment, and interaction. Case studies include emerging infectious disease, the design of conservation areas, and global warming. Emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental issues. Robert Dorit.

E&EB 140a/*STEV 140a, AIDS AND SOCIETY. The natural history, biology, and epidemiology of AIDS; social, ethical, public policy, and political aspects of AIDS and of the ways societies address a medical crisis. Alvin Novick.

ECON 474b, THE ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN SOUTH ASIA. Concepts and definitions of poverty in South Asia. Connections with the social sector and development. The role of the state, the private sector, the not-for-profit sector, and NGOs in poverty alleviation. After two terms of introductory economics; recommended: ECON 150a or b or 152a, ECON 154a or b or 153b, and ECON 325a. Faisal Bari.

ECON 475b, ECONOMICS DURING TIMES OF CHANGE: REBUILDING CENTRAL EUROPE. Focus on the economic transformation taking place in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Examination of the theoretical debate and practical implications generated by this fundamental change in regime, the creation of a market system, free prices, and private ownership. Each student is required to research and report on one particular country undergoing this transformation. Richard DeLamarter.

*ECON 485a, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION. Examination of the economic motives (both private and social) for investment in education, how the market for elementary and secondary education functions, and issues in higher education. Topics include school choice and competition in the education market as well as the equity and efficiency of the provision of education under different school finance systems. Focus on current education policy debate including proposals to expand charter schools, education vouchers, merit pay, and minimum standards. Prerequisites: ECON 150a or b or 153b. Econometrics recommended. Patrick Bayer.

ENAS 101a, GLOBAL PROBLEMS AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS. An introduction to the social dimensions of modern technology. Topics may include Internet privacy; pollution and energy management; and stem cell research and human cloning. Intended for freshmen with background in calculus or science. Enrollment limited to 60. Jerry Woodall and staff.

EP&E 325b, GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION-STATE. An examination of the domestic effects of the international integration of markets around the world. Topics include effects on inequality and national autonomy; liberalization of markets; comparison of developed and developing countries and also of the current period and the last great era of globalization in the late nineteenth century. Secondary readings, statistical data, and primary research. Geoffrey Garrett.

*EP&E 327a, THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE STATE. Controversies over the proper role of the state in the economy. Why governments do what they do and the consequences for efficiency, equality, and growth. James Vreeland.

*EP&E 345a/*PLSC 345a, WELFARE ECONOMICS, SOCIAL CHOICE, AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. An evaluation of models of political-economic systems derived from work in economic theory and liberal political thought. Topics include equity, efficiency, collective action, prisoners' dilemmas, voting, agenda control, utilitarianism, rationality, and justice. Readings drawn from works by Arrow, Axelrod, Barry, Downs, Fiorina, Gauthier, Hirschman, Olson, Rawls, Sen, and others. Susan Rose-Ackerman.

EP&E 385a/HIST 151a/PLSC 251aG, NEW HAVEN AND THE PROBLEM OF CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN CITY. Examination of the rapid transformation of New Haven and other American cities over the past century as a case study of urban change and urban policy. One New Haven neighborhood's history and prospects considered in detail through studies of amelioration, gateways, gentrification, and common gain. Themes include the planning and policy implications of the flow of higher-income populations away from the inner city. Discussion of the creation of communities of common gain in depopulated urban cores. Lectures open to the public. Cynthia Farrar, Stephen Lassonde, Alan Plattus, Douglas Rae.

F&ES 230b/STEV 230b, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY. Basic economic analysis of environmental problems. Weighing the costs and benefits of major environmental issues. Problems include global warming, toxic waste, air pollution, wilderness protection, deforestation, and preserving biodiversity. For non-Economics majors. Does not count toward the major in Economics. Robert Mendelsohn.

*F&ES 300aG, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. An introduction to the environmental aspects of the production of materials, the manufacture of products, the construction of buildings and roadways, the provisioning of services, and the recycling of objects, components, and materials. Examination of the technological processes by which modern society accomplishes its purposes, their potential to cause environmental damage, and prospects for improvement, using local, regional, and global perspectives. Includes lectures and field trips. Thomas Graedel.

*F&ES 301bG, INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY. Industrial ecology is an organizing concept used to define the interactions of a technological society with natural and altered environments. Discussion of industrial ecology as it is applied in corporations to minimize the environmental impact of products, processes, and services and as a technological framework for science, policy, and management in government and society. Thomas Graedel.

INTS 200a, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS. Introduction to human rights in the context of international law, global and regional regimes, self-determination, group and individual rights, and U.S. foreign policy.

PLSC 150b, THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. Introduction to competing theoretical traditions in the study of international relations, with reference to three problem areas: "anarchy," or competition among great powers; "hierarchy," or dominant-subordinate relationships between north and south; and "governance," or multilateral action by international organizations to solve global problems. Includes geopolitical, economic, cultural, and environmental issue aspects. David Kinsella.

PLSC 167b, THE UNITED NATIONS AND WORLD ORDER. An introduction to the United Nations system and its programs in areas of peace and security, economic development, and the promotion of human rights. Jean Krasno.

*PLSC 244b, BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS. A study of how government agencies make decisions about what to do and how to do it through intensive examination of contemporary research on government administration, with a particular focus on efforts to document and measure political control of the bureaucracy and to reform or "reinvent" the bureaucracy to improve performance and democratic responsiveness. Gregory Huber.

PLSC 309a, BIOETHICS: LEADING ISSUES IN MEDICAL ETHICS. An examination of moral problems in medicine, drawing on interdisciplinary sources, including philosophical, theological, literary, and political. Against the background of differing views of nature and human nature, an exploration of both the patient's plight as well as contending theories, principles, and images for interpreting the healer's task and societal responsibilities for the health care system. William May.

SOCY 133a, COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY. The impact of computers on social behavior, organizational life, and human consciousness. The computer's effects on law, medicine, and business; problems of power, social control, and inequality; the computer's threat to humanistic culture; fashioning law and ethics appropriate to the computer age. For nonspecialists; no prior experience with computers required. Scott Boorman.

SOCY 143b/AFAM 171b/ER&M 228b, RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES. An introduction to central debates in the sociological literature on racial and ethnic groups. Particular emphasis on political and economic bases of ethnic and race relations in the history of the United States. Bruce Haynes.

*SOCY 156a, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY. An introduction to the study of organiations. The rise of bureaucracy in business and government; the way organizations influence and respond to their competitive and political environments; alternatives to traditional bureaucracy. Topics include the de-skilling controversy, leadership and organizational change, competitive strategy, interorganizational coordination, worker ownership, and the Japanese firm. Mark Zimny.

SOCY 183a, URBAN AMERICA: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Introduction to urban sociology and to the study of American urban society over the past half century. Emphasis on the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of urban growth and inequality; processes of class, racial and ethnic group formation, urban social problems and policy, and local community organization and politics. Christopher Rhomberg.

*SOCY 210a, SOCIOLOGY OF THE WELFARE STATE: LIFE COURSE AND SOCIAL POLICY. Examination of what welfare states do, how they do it, and how they differ from each other. Focus on life courses of individuals and households as a framework for thinking about welfare states. Topics include poverty, inequality, health care, education, unemployment, and social security in comparative perspective. Hannah Brueckner.

SOCY 214b, GENDER INEQUALITY. Survey of biological, microeconomic, and sociological theory and research on gender inequality. Key themes include: status quo of and social change in gender inequality, inequality versus difference, and the social construction of gender. Hannah Brueckner.

*SOCY 337a, URBAN POVERTY AND POLICY. Study of aspects of urban poverty such as unemployment, homelessness, welfare dependence, isolation, and educational deprivation in the context of recent, current, and proposed policies. Peter Marris.

*SOCY 354a, RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA. Exploration of the varieties of religious expression in contemporary American society. Examination of the merging of the sacred and the secular in public life and popular culture, the persistence of institutionalized religion including fundamentalism, and the transformation of mainstream religion resulting from, among other factors, the emergence of new immigrant (Asian and Hispanic) congregations, and the impact of feminist and gay and lesbian spiritualities. Michele Dillon.

*SOCY 355b, PLACE, POWER, AND IDENTITY. Large cities around the world often have more in common with each other than they do with other regions within their own countries. An exploration of the changing significance of "place" with special reference to the New Haven area. Vron Ware.

STCY 176b, INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE CITY. An examination of forces shaping American cities and strategies for dealing with them. Topics include housing, commercial development, parks, zoning, urban renewal, landmark preservation, new towns, and suburbs. The course includes games, simulated problems, field work, lectures, and discussion. Alexander Garvin.

*THST 225a, PRODUCTION SEMINAR: THEATER IN EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. Investigation of techniques and programs designed to use theater as a means to achieving educational goals (e.g., higher math scores) or community service goals (e.g., revitalizing a neighborhood). Examination of programs like the Harvard Project Zero, Lincoln Center Institute, Whirlwind Theater, and Cornerstone Theater using the case study method. Practice using Augusto Boal's theater techniques. Collaboration with the Open End Theater Company to create a production performed in New Haven schools. Nadine George.

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