BEYOND KYOTO: Green Innovation and Enterprise for the 21st Century - Opening Address
There is a great deal of innovation in the areas of green enterprise and clean technology in Oxford and the greater Oxford-London-Cambridge region, presenting an infrastructural advantage supported by world-class universities and businesses. The Oxford Business and Environment Network, with the support of Saïd Business School, the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, is organising t
Nineteenth and early twentieth century American entertainment culture
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Autumn/Spring Semesters 2009/2010
This resource presents material from four different courses taught across the School of American and Canadian Studies and Film and Television Studies. It addresses various aspects of nineteenth and early twentieth century American entertainment culture.
You can view module outlines for 4 modules taught within the school:
* American Drama (undergraduate year 3 le
Nineteenth Century Europe
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American Civilization
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The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics
The Earth is formed by accretion of spatial particulates and large masses and eventually formes an outer crust. Video follows with speculation of how earth developed in this five minute feature. Excellent animation. Students should have a timeline to help with understand this video.
Psychology in the 21st century
Psychology is not a simple subject. This unit examines how different aspects of human behaviour provide the focus for different psychologists. Using learning as an example, you will discover how many different approaches can be adopted thus illustrating that there is no single way of answering psychological questions.
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
This unit examines the role that Scots played in contributing to the developments in healthcare during the nineteenth century. The radical transformation of medicine in Europe included the admission of women as doctors and the increased numbers of specialised institutions such as asylums. Such developments were also influenced by wider social, economic, political and cultural backgrounds – these are also examined.
Faith and the African American Experience
AMST 30125 is a cross-listed course. For complete course materials, please see AFAM 33302
Faith and the African American Experience
HIST 30649 is a cross-listed course. For complete course materials, please see AFAM 33302
Faith and the African American Experience
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for the course "Faith and the African American Experience" in the Department of Theology.
Faith and the African American Experience
CHP for SOC 33302 - Faith and the African American Experience
African American History II
AFAM 30202 is a cross-listed course. For complete course materials, please see HIST 30800
African American History II
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "African American History II" in the History Department. This course examines the broad range of experiences of African Americans from the close of the American Civil War to the 1980s, exploring both the relationship of blacks to the larger society and the inner dynamic of the black community. We will devote particular attention to Reconstruction, the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urba
Medicine and Public Health in American History
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Medicine and Public Health in American History" in the History Department. This course offers an introduction to differing conceptions of disease, health, and healing throughout American history, the changing role and image of medicine and medical professionals in American life, and the changing social and cultural meanings and entanglements of medical science and practice throughout American history.
Crime, Heredity and Insanity in American History
This course will give students an opportunity to learn more about the ways in which Americans have thought about crime and insanity and how their ideas have changed over time. The 19th century witnessed a transformation in the understanding of the origins of criminal behavior in the United States. For many, a religious emphasis on humankind as sinful gave way to a belief in its inherent goodness. But if humans were naturally good, how could their evil actions be explained? Drawing on studies don
Faith and the African American Experience
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Faith and the African American Experience" in the Department of Africana Studies.This course will introduce students to the African American faith experience, with particular attention being given to the historical development of spiritualities of liberation in the American Diaspora.
Crime, Heredity and Insanity in American History
This course will give students an opportunity to learn more about the ways in which Americans have thought about crime and insanity and how their ideas have changed over time. The 19th century witnessed a transformation in the understanding of the origins of criminal behavior in the United States. For many, a religious emphasis on humankind as sinful gave way to a belief in its inherent goodness. But if humans were naturally good, how could their evil actions be explained? Drawing on studies don
Changing the Face of American Healthcare
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Changing the Face of American Healthcare" in the Center for Social Concerns. This seminar invites the student to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of our health care system, explore possibilities for the future of American health care, and to consider how modifications might help create the society we hope to become.
Pagans, Christians and Heretics in Medieval Europe: Twelfth-Century Renaissance
Pagans, Christians and Heretics in Medieval Europe: Twelfth-Century Renaissance
