Related UW Courses

CSDE 501 : CSDE Seminar Series

CSDE affiliates and visitors present current research projects. Credit/no credit only. Offered: AWSp.

CSDE 502 : Population Studies Pro-Seminar

Professional training in demography and populations studies. Includes ethics in population research, human subjects review, proposal application and writing. CSDE faculty research specialization, and research preparation and presentation. Credit/no credit only. Offered: ASp.
[ Fall 2003 Syllabus ]
[ Spring 2004 Syllabus ]

CSDE 595 : Biomarker Methods Research Group

BIO A 469 / CSDE 595

This is a new course offering, cross-listed between anthropology and CSDE.

This one credit course is offered for two quarters each academic year (Autumn and Winter).

Meeting time: MONDAYS 4:30-6:00pm

The course instructors are Dr. Kathleen O’Connor, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Eleanor Brindle, Biodemography Core Director of CSDE.

The primary objective is to help build and maintain a vibrant, diverse, and leading-edge biomarker and population health community of researchers. It will facilitate exposure to, and participation in, a range of work, across disciplines, using biomarker methods, and provide a stimulating and sustained environment for growth, ideas, and collaboration.

The seminar format will be that of a 90 minute meeting every two weeks (5 meetings per quarter). The meetings will consist of
1) presentations and discussions on participant’s proposed or ongoing research, with a focus on field, lab and analysis methods for biomarker data
2) brainstorming and trouble-shooting discussions with the group
3) training sessions on field, lab and analytical methods for biomarker data
4) presentations and discussions of current papers and developments in biomarker methods.

Participants will include graduate students who register for the course, and importantly, faculty who are interested in adopting, or whose work already involves, biomarkers. Participation is open to graduate students and faculty across campus. A unique feature of this course is provision of a learning and work-group environment for faculty.

The rationale for the course is to meet a perceived need for outreach to faculty and students interested in adopting biomarkers in their research who have little training or experience in biological measures and methods. This format allows for ongoing dialogue in a low time investment venue that will yield high-return in terms of knowledge and collaborative work.

For more information please contact Kathleen O'Connor (oconnork@u.washington.edu)or Eleanor Brindle (ebrindle@u.washington.edu).

CSDE 595a : Special Topics in Population Studies

This course introduces students to concepts, tools and ideas used in political economy to understand the way people design institutions to manage resources as they construct livelihoods for themselves. "Institutions" include markets but also non-market institutions and states and the rules that communities design and enforce to enable cooperation and manage risks. This course will introduce the concepts and tools necessary to think about human institutions, concepts such as property rights and exchange, and apply these ideas to issues such as "sustainable development", population growth, the management of common-pool resources, the historical evolution of institutions, and the dynamics of institutional change as they relate to populations, environment and development.
[ CSDE 595A - Sustainability: People, Institutions, Knowledge and the Environment ]

CSDE 595b : Demography and Public Policy (Plotnick)

This seminar will take a multi-disciplinary approach to analyzing demographic aspects of several major U.S. public policy issues. For some issues we will examine how demographic behavior and change are having important impacts on social problems and policies. For others we will study the kinds of impacts public policies are having on demographic behavior. The course will explore theoretical and empirical aspects of issues such as:The relationships among child and adolescent well-being, family structure, income, parental employment, and welfare reform; demographic effects of child support and income support policy; marriage promotion policies; consequences of an aging society for Social Security and health care programs.