Meets the following requirements: HS   

This is a research course focusing on methods of (and attitudes toward) controlling population growth rates in different cultures.  Participants are expected to examine a set of hypotheses which relate several variables in the biological and cultural ecosystem, including population growth rates, environmental depletion, technological change and intraspecies violence.  Each student then researches the literature on a different society and presents the findings to the group.  Evaluation is based on class participation and a paper summarizing the project.

Level:  Intermediate.  Prerequisites:  Contemporary Culture and the Self or signature of instructor.
Offered every other year.  *HS*