 | B-More is an academic and personal enrichment experience offered exclusively for members of the freshman class during the last week of Intersession. This innovative program will give freshmen the opportunity to get to know Baltimore and engage in various aspects of the city. Students will register in one of five morning courses, and participate in afternoon co-curricular activities, guest speaker lectures, Baltimore labs, and site visits. Evening activities will be scheduled throughout the week and include a Best of Baltimore Night, and an off-campus event. [back to JHU Intersession site] | |
(360.154 (H), 1 credit, pass/fail)
This course will discuss health and healthcare realities of the residents of Baltimore city, in the context of national and international settings. Students will consider the origins and causes of these disparities as well as potential solutions. The class is designed to be highly interactive and will challenge students to become involved in addressing critical urban health issues. The classroom instruction will be complemented by visits to appropriate off-campus sites. [back to JHU Intersession site] (130.250 (H), 1 credit, pass/fail)
Did you know that Baltimore has one of the better collections of Ancient Egyptian art on the East Coast? Using University transportation we will tour the Ancient Egyptian collections of the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. The classroom seminars will focus on the history and artistic relevance of the items in each collection. The museum tours will enable students to apply their knowledge and study aspects of this ancient culture first hand. Students will be encouraged to compare the collections in terms of cohesive display, accessibility and theme. [back to JHU Intersession site] (070.105 (H), 1 credit, pass/fail)
This course will start out with major health and social interventions in Baltimore and begin to query the differences between the ways in which such programs imagine life and what daily life is like in Baltimore. We will explore some of the major health crises in Baltimore in historical context, and engage with alternative ways of understanding social phenomena. This course will include historical, legal, public health, and anthropological/ethnographic lenses through which to think about daily life in Baltimore. Connecting with the B-More Experience, we will juxtapose policy with everyday experiences. [back to JHU Intersession site] (230.115 (H), 1 credit, pass/fail)
This course introduces students to urban politics, Baltimore style. Politics has different meanings for different people. Some define it as the power relations between different groups, while others describe politics as the unequal distribution of scarce resources. Many of us are introduced to politics through daily experiences and through media depictions of the world. This course focuses on students’ understanding of Baltimore city as shaped by their preconceptions, experiences, and media exposure. Topics of discussion will include popular media depictions of Baltimore city, class and race inequality, redevelopment, education, migration, reintegration, and employment. The classroom instruction will be complemented by visits to appropriate off-campus sites. [back to JHU Intersession site] (070.107 (H), 1 credit, pass/fail)
In this course we will think about the ways in which different forms of inequality -such as race, class and gender- shape the experience of space in urban Baltimore. Combining ethnographic materials with literature from public heath studies and the news media, together with some episodes of the television series “The Wire,” we will explore –from an anthropological perspective- the ways in which inequalities become medicalized in the city. We will pay special attention to the life of pharmaceuticals, as they become part of bodies, kin relations, sexuality, legal and illegal markets and political-institutional arrangements. The classroom instruction will be complemented by visits to appropriate off-campus sites. [back to JHU Intersession site] Keynote speakers include B-More specialists from the Hopkins and broader Baltimore community. Speakers may include the academic deans, the Mayor of Baltimore and other governmental and civic leaders. REGISTER ONLINE AT HTTP://MY.JHU.EDU OR IN PERSON AT THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE. If you have questions, please contact Dean Ralph Johnson by phone 410.516.2224 or email rjohnson06@jhu.edu. | 
