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BETH 315/415 — 3 credits
Perspectives on the Art of Healing in Spanish Cinema
May 9 - 24
Linda Ehrlich and Stuart Youngner
This 2-week course will focus on cinematic representations of bioethical issues in films from several regional film industries in Spain. We will interpret the theme of “the art of healing” both pragmatically and metaphorically. Film viewings, and guest lectures will take place in the unique cosmopolitan setting of Barcelona at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and the smaller city of San Sebastián (Donostia) along the Bay of Biscay. We will have ample opportunities to interact with Spanish undergraduates, bioethicists, film makers, film scholars, film festival producers, and critics in both cities.
Students will learn about the meaning of healing in several contexts, and explore specific bioethics dilemmas presented in the films in some detail. In addition, they will get an overview of the social and cultural contexts of the Spanish film industry (with particular attention to the Catalan and Basque film industries). There will be required readings, film viewings, and some lectures. Classroom activities will follow a seminar-style format that emphasizes student participation in discussions. This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students, and is relevant for students of Ethics, Film Studies, Spanish, Medicine, History, and Psychology (among other fields). Interested students should visit the spring2010-spanishcinema and/or contact linda.ehrlich@case.edu; 368-2232 for more information.
BETH 315/415 — 3 credits
Global Health - India
Dates TBD
Nicole Deming, Gopal Yadavalli, Deepak Sarma
Summer 2010: Trip to Hyderabad, India, tentative dates are the last two weeks in July and first week in August. (Three credits, register for Summer 2010.) This program
offers students an in-depth study of disease in India by examining the historical, cultural, ethical, medical, religious, and legal aspects that influence HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and TB;
delves into the ethical dilemmas that arise at the intersection of medicine, law, technology, and culture;
gives a cross-sectional perspective of health care in India;
incorporates the expertise of doctors, administrators, and leaders, both here and abroad, enable a better understanding of how medicine, law and life intersect;
and provides an opportunity to travel to Hyderabad, India to directly observe Indian culture and health care. Interested students should visit the summer2010-India website and/or contact nicole.deming@case.edu; 368-1263.
BETH 315/415 — 3 credits
Death, Dying & Euthanasia: Netherlands & the USA
August 2 - 13
William Winslade, Stuart Youngner, Gerrit Kimsma
This course will compare how two liberal democracies, the United States and the Netherlands, have handled difficult end-of-life issues, including: The Dutch regulation of euthanasia; regulation of physician-assisted suicide in the state of Oregon; terminal sedation; end-of-life decisions in newborns; withholding and withdrawing of artificially-provided fluids and nutrition; the legal basis for end-of-life decision making in the USA; palliative care and hospice; public trust in medicine and physicians. Interested students should visit the summer2010-Amsterdam website.
FRCH/WLIT 308/408 — 3 credits
The Paris Experience
May 9 - 30
Cheryl Toman
Three-week immersion learning experience living and studying in Paris, France. The focus of the course is the literature and culture of the African, Arab, and Asian communities of Paris. Students spend a minimum of fifteen hours per week visiting cultural centers and museums and interviewing authors and students about the immigrant experience. Assigned readings complement course activities. Students enrolled in FRCH 308/408 do course work in French. WLIT 308/408 students have the option of completing course work in English. Graduate students have additional course requirements than those of undergraduatues. Prereq: FRCH 202 for those enrolled in FRCH 308. Contact cheryl.toman@case.edu; 368-2233 for more information.
GEOL 100 — 3 credits
Field Introduction to Geology
May 10 - May 27
Peter McCall
This course is designed for those that want to get out of the classroom and DO geology. In a series of multi-day field trips we will see firsthand how geologists interpret the landscape, read stories in rock, and reconstruct 400 million years of climatic and tectonic history exposed in our region. We will visit world class fossil collecting sites in Indiana and Ohio, see the effects of glaciers in the Niagara and Finger Lakes regions of New York, and examine the geology and hydrology of hazardous waste sites, salt mines, landslide areas near Syracuse. We will see the legacy of coal mining, explore a cave, and do a day of whitewater rafting in Pennsylvania. And we will visit the Appalachian Mountain region of West Virginia and Maryland to make and interpret geological maps and see how mountains are made. No prior experience is assumed. The only course pre-requisites are an open mind, tolerance for travel, and a pair of worn-in boots. Contact peter.mccall@case.edu; 368-3676 for more information.
ITAL 308 — 3 credits
The Italian Experience
May 10-31, 2010
Denise Caterinacci
A three-week summer study abroad course spent at a university in an Italian city well-known for its cultural and linguistic heritage and at other important sites during travel. Focus: Language immersion and processing of cultural experience. Main features: 1. Intense collaboration with an Italian university. Students interact with Italian peers; seminars are co-taught by Italian faculty. 2. Creation of an individual journal that synthesizes students’ perception of and reflections on their experience, records the progress of their final project, and documents their improvement in language proficiency. 3. Final project. Students meet M-F in a formal setting for advanced language study designed to improve proficiency in speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. They attend seminars on varied topics in literature, history, and civilization. Visits to museums, galleries, and attendance at cultural events are included.
Prereq: ITAL 202 or equivalent. Contact denise.caterinacci@case.edu; 368-2374 for more information.
SASS 375 — 3 credits
International Travel and Study Seminar: Ecuador An International Study in Social, Health and Human Services
May 17 - 29
Deborah Jacobson
The 3 hour course (SASS 375) takes an integrated approach to the study the social and health services in urban Quito, Ecuador and the surrounding rural areas. The students will travel to Ecuador May 17-29. Included in the course are pre- and post- trip meetings and assignments. Site visits and study include: HIV-Aids, gerontology, child welfare, prisons, disaster interventions related to the volcanic eruption of Tunguragua, Trafficking in Human Person and USAID policy, substance abuse services, disability services, analysis of native Quichua families, an examination of traditional and modern medicine and the local religious influences, time with an Afro Ecuadorian Community of Chota, education policy, and a firsthand view of a progressive labor policy at a flower farm in the Andes Mountains. Participants will be given opportunities for hiking, biking, and exploring rural villages, and other outdoor activities such as white water rafting. Contact deborah.jacobson@case.edu; 368-6014 for more information.
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