MEDICINE 10SC Responses to the AIDS Epidemic


David Katzenstein School of Medicine Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with national and international AIDS issues and concepts. Experience in HIV prevention, care, or research programs preferred.


his course focuses on the HIV epidemic, in particular the history of HIV in San Francisco and the Bay Area. We will meet the people and visit the institutions which played key roles in the Public Health prevention, care, and treatment of HIV. This will include key locations in the City, including the AIDS Grove, San Francisco General Hospital, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the Castro, and local AIDS service organizations. Students will hear from patients, physicians, and activists who are living with AIDS. We will also meet with scientists at UCSF, Stanford, and local pharmaceutical companies who are at the forefront of new prevention, therapeutic, and diagnostic research. The course will emphasize the multi-disciplinary and multi-sector approach to epidemic infectious disease and how physicians, patients, epidemiologists, pharmaceutical companies, and policymakers developed effective responses to the AIDS epidemic.


T David Katzenstein, professor of Infectious Disease at Stanford,


encountered HIV in the early 1980’s in the Bay Area as a physician and continued his work in Africa and at the FDA. Dr. Katzenstein was an investigator in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group, an academic consortium for trials of antiretroviral therapy. More


IBERLANG 10SC Spanish Immersion


Vincent Barletta Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures Prerequisite: Spanlang 3 or equivalent.


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ouldn’t it be great if you could quickly increase your Spanish proficiency through an intensive immersion


experience right here at Stanford? Wouldn’t you love to gain the cultural and historical knowledge necessary to begin taking literature and culture courses generally reserved for advanced students? This intensive Spanish immersion course is designed to help students who have completed a year of Spanish to move forward quickly toward greater linguistic and cultural competence.


After a year of Spanish, students tend to be able to handle straightforward interactions related to basic needs and personal information, but they generally lack the ability to handle more abstract discussions or to combine short utterances into sustained presentations of their ideas. Most students likewise have little knowledge of the rich and complex history that surrounds the Spanish language or the central role that Spanish has played in the cultural and political life of California.


In this course, a team of experienced instructors will help students improve their Spanish through intensive lessons that incorporate film, literature, and social issues. Through a focused discussion of the themes of immigration and democracy in Spain, Latin America, and the United States, as well as excursions and guest lectures by Stanford faculty and community leaders, this course will immerse students in Spanish and help them to gain advanced proficiency much more quickly.


Vincent Barletta is Associate Professor of Iberian and Latin


American cultures. His research focuses on Iberian literatures and cultures, with an emphasis on the anthropological, ethical, linguistic, and philosophical implications of early European imperial expansion into Africa and Asia. He has published widely in each of these areas, including three books and numerous articles written in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. More


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