Last updated September 24, 1999
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Internal MedicineÑInfectious Diseases (IDI) 450
(change in existing course units)
450. Clinical and Social Care of the Injection Drug User (1-4) I, II, III, IV. Flynn
May be repeated for credit up to 24 units.
(eff. Fall 99)
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International Agricultural Development (IAD) 170
(new course)
170. Program Development for International Agriculture (4) I. Marcotte
Lecture/discussion-4 hours. Prerequisite: course 10. Principles of leadership and management for international agricultural development. Organizations and organizational behavior, and the implications for planning and administering organizations involved in the global development effort.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Law (LAW) 215S
(new course)
215S. Business Associations (4)
Discussion. Survey of the legal rules and concepts applicable to business associations, both public and closely held. Corporate form of the organization and partnerships. The planning of business transactions, the process of incorporation, the financing of corporations, and role of management and shareholders, the federal securities law, and social responsibility.
(eff. Summer 99)
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Law (LAW) 238A
(change in existing course)
238A. Tax Strategies of Business (2)
Discussion--2 hours. Course takes place over ten-week quarter. Framework for analyzing how income taxes affect business decisions and company strategy. The role of taxes in management compensation, multinational decision making, corporate restructuring transactions, and succession planning. Tax planning concepts and their application. Use of simple algebra to describe generic tax issues. (Same course as Management 264.)
(eff. Fall 99)
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Law (LAW) 249S
(new course)
249S. Comparative Law (1)
Discussion. Comparative perspective for students of American law. The uses of the comparative method, the main differences between common law and civil law and the different styles of legal thinking. Topics include the evolution of civil law the idea of codification, the structure of European civil codes and the interpretation of their provisions, the personnel of the law and procedure in civil law countries, and the analysis of selected problems of substantive law. Knowledge of foreign language is not required.
(eff. Summer 99)
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Law (LAW) 262S
(new course)
262S. Antitrust (1)
Discussion. Federal antitrust laws including price fixing, limits on distribution, tying arrangements, monopolization and mergers.
(eff. Summer 99)
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Law (LAW) 274AS
(new course)
274AS. Intellectual Property (2)
Discussion. Broad survey of the field of intellectual property including trademarks, patents, trade secrets, idea protection, unfair competition, and copyright.
(eff. Summer 99)
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Law (LAW) 271
Cancelled course: 271. Nonprofit Organizations and Document Drafting
(eff. Fall 99)
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Law (LAW) 419S
(new course)
419S. Advanced Writing Project (1-4)
Completion of a writing requirement project under the active and regular supervision of a faculty member in satisfaction of the legal writing requirement. Writing project must be and individually authored work of intellectual effort of at least 20 typewritten double-spaced pages, excluding footnotes. Project may take any of several forms, for example, a paper, a brief, a memorandum of law, a proposed statute, a statutory scheme or set of administrative regulations (with explanatory comments), or a will or agreement (with explanatory comments). The advanced writing project may also be undertaken in connection with another course or seminar to satisfy the legal writing requirement. (S/U grading only.)
(eff. Summer 99)
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Law (LAW) 499S
(new course)
499S. Independent Research Project (1-4)
Individual projects subject to the following regulations: (1) project may extend over no more than two semesters; (2) each project will be under the supervision of a faculty member; (3) an outline of the project must be approved by the supervising faculty member; (4) normally, no faculty member will be permitted to supervise more than five students working on individual programs during any semester; and (5) each student must submit an individual paper or approved alternative to the supervising faculty member.
(eff. Summer 99)
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Mathematics (MAT) 160
(change in existing course)
160. Mathematical Foundations of Database Theory, Design and Performance (4) I. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Lecture--3 hours; term project. Prerequisite: course 108 and familiarity with one high-level computer language. The relational model; relational algebra, relational calculus, normal forms, functional and multivalued dependencies. Separability. Cost benefit analysis of physical database design and reorganization. Performance via analytical modeling, simulation, and queueing theory. Block accesses; buffering; operating system contention; CPU intensive operations. Offered in alternate years.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Medical Informatics (MDI) 202
(new course)
202. Computer-Based Patient Records (4) I. Walters
Lecture/discussion-3 hours; laboratory-3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Conversion from paper-based to computer-based medical records, advantages, disadvantages, barriers to conversion. Storage and representation of medical data to facilitate, interpretation. Review of current computer-based medical record models and standards in data storage and transmission.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Medical Informatics (MDI) 207
(new course)
207. Decision Support System (4) I. Walters
Lecture/discussion-2 hours; laboratory-2 hours; independent study-2 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Decision support system for medical application. Knowledge and computer representation, review of existing decision support system.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Medical Informatics (MDI) 208
(new course)
208. Electronic Medical Data (4) I. Huntley
Lecture/discussion-2 hours; laboratory-4 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Electronic resources for medical practice, review of existing resources and development of materials.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Medical Informatics (MDI) 209
(new course)
209. Data Acquisition in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (4) I. Walters
Lecture/discussion-2 hours; laboratory/discussion-6 hours. Prerequisite: basic proficiency in computer operation. Overview of the nature of medical/veterinary data, methods for capturing and storing data in electronic formats. Data validation, retrieval considerations.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Medical Informatics (MDI) 289 A-I
(new course)
289A-I. Special Topics in Medical Informatics (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Lecture, laboratory, or combination. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in (A) Data Acquisition, (B) Electronic Medical Information, (C) Computer Based Patient Records, (D) Decision Support, (E) Medical Image Analysis, (F) Database Systems, (G) Biostatistics, (H) Modeling Biological Systems, (I) Coding Systems. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.
(eff. Fall 99)
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Medical Science (MDS) 410
Cancelled course: 410. Providing Medical Education and Practice Resources for Electronic Access
(eff. Summer 99)
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Medicine and Epidemiology (VME) 489
cancelled course: 489. Personal, Financial and Professional Development
(eff. Fall 99)
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Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (NPB) 292
(new course)
292. Cortical Plasticity and Perception (2) II. Recanzone
Lecture/discussion-2 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or 112 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Examination of research articles on cortical plasticity and changes in perception. Examples drawn from studies of the somatosensory, visual, auditory, and motor cortex. (Same course as Neuroscience 292.) Offered in alternate years. (S/U grading only.)
(eff. Winter 2000)
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Neuroscience (NSC) 292
(new course)
292. Cortical Plasticity and Perception (2) II. Recanzone
Lecture/discussion-2 hours. Prerequisite: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 100 or 112 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Examination of research articles on cortical plasticity and changes in perception. Examples drawn from studies of the somatosensory, visual, auditory, and motor cortex. (Same course as Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 292.) Offered in alternate years. (S/U grading only.)
(eff. Winter 2000)
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Nutrition (NUT) 251
(new course)
251. Nutrition and Immunity (2) I. Stephensen, Klasing, Erickson
Lecture/discussion-2 hours. Prerequisite: Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology 126, Medical Microbiology 107 or the equivalent, Animal Biology 102. Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying interactions of nutrition and immune function, including modulation of immunocompetence by diet and effects of immune responses on nutritional needs. Lectures and discussion explore implications for resistance to infection, autoimmunity and cancer. Offered in alternate years.
(eff. Winter 2000)
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Medicine: Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBG) 420
(change in existing course)
420. Genetics and Reproduction (2) IV. Hollond
Lecture-20 hours; conference-4 hours. Prerequisite: Endocrinology. Introduction to medical genetics and the clinical consequences of genetic abnormalities. Aspects of reproduction including gametogenesis, development of the conceptus, maternal adaptation to pregnancy, labor and delivery and menopause.
(eff. Summer 99)