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Medicine-related History Courses

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The history department offers a large range of courses on the history of medicine and health. These include surveys on the global history of health, medicine, food and water, and more specific courses on American history and HIV in Africa.
 

2066 History of Medicine in Film
 
2702 Food in World History
 
2703 History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease
 
2704 Water: A Human History
 
2705 The History of Medicine in Western Society
 
3115 History of Medicine and Public Health in Latin America
 
3307 History of African Health and Healing
 
3701 History of American Medicine
 
3704 HIV: From Microbiology to Macrohistory
 
3708 Vaccines: A Global History 
 
3712 Science and Society in Europe, from Newton to Hawking
 
3798.05 HIV in Context: East Africa 
 
4705 Seminar in the History of Environment, Technology, and Science
 
7711 Graduate Readings in the History of Medicine and Health 
 

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    • African History
    • African-American History
    • American History to 1877
    • Ancient History
    • Atlantic World History
    • Diplomatic and International History
    • Early Modern European History
    • East Asian History
    • Environment, Health, Technology, and Science (EHTS)
    • Histories of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
    • Islamic History
    • Jewish History
    • Latin American History
    • Medieval History
    • Military History
    • Modern European History
    • Native American History
    • Russian, East European & Eurasian History
    • United States History Since 1877
    • World History
  • Constellations
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    • Law-related History Courses
    • Medicine-related History Courses
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    • BA/MA Degree in History with a Public History Specialization
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    • Program in the Transnational History of WWII
      • Informational Webinar
      • Participant Video Spotlights
    • Global Education Abroad
      • Between France and Morocco
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina
      • Shanghai, China
      • Tanzania
  • Course Descriptions
    • Spring 2023 Undergraduate Courses
    • Spring 2023 Graduate Courses

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