CBSC 296 - Spring-Term Topics in Cognitive and Behavioral Science

Credits: 3-4 Prerequisite: Varies with topic. Topics and prerequisites vary with instructor and term. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Spring 2021, CBSC 296-01: Spring-Term Topics in Cognitive and Behavioral Science: Intergroup Dialog (3). Prerequisite: One course in CBSC. In a multicultural society, discussions about issues of racial and ethnic conflict and community are needed to facilitate understanding among different racial/ethnic and other social/cultural groups. In this intergroup dialogue, students will participate in semi-structured face-to-face meetings across social identity groups. Students will discuss relevant reading material and will explore group experiences in various social and institutional contexts. Participants will examine narratives and historical, psychological, and sociological materials. Students will participate in exercises that will be debriefed in class and in weekly journals. The goal is to create a setting in which students engage in open and constructive dialogue, learning, and exploration concerning issues of intergroup relations, conflict, and community. (SS3) Rodriguez-Newhall.

Spring 2021, CBSC 296-02: Spring-Term Topics in Cognitive and Behavioral Science: The Cannabis Question (4). This course explores a.) how the basic and clinical pharmacology of cannabis and cannabis products interconnects with policy and practice in the realms of public health, legislation, and law enforcement; b.) how these interconnections have informed shifting public attitudes toward the use of cannabis in medical and recreational contexts; and c.) how incomplete understanding of cannabis effects in key knowledge domains demands coordinated initiatives in basic, clinical, and public health research to foster formulation of coherent and effective public policy going forward. (SS3) Stewart. FDR: SS3