Courses

Examines portrayals of physicians in American film over the past seventy-five years, giving particular attention to what popular films can say about the cultural images of physicians and medicine in American society. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.

Survey of the history of food, drink, diet and nutrition in a global context. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme sustainability course.

Survey of the history of public health, disease and medicine in a global context. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme health and well-being course.

History of human use and understandings of water from ancient to modern times, with case studies taken from different geographic locations. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme sustainability course.

Survey of the history of medicine and public health in Latin America from the pre-Colombian period to the present. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.

African approaches to health and healing; interaction between religion, culture and healing; intersections and contradictions between African and Western concepts of health and healing. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme health and well-being course.

Survey of the history of American medicine from the Colonial period through the twentieth century. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme health and well-being course.

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of HIV/AIDS, tracing the evolution of the virus at both the molecular level and within in its global historical context. This course is team-taught by a virologist and a historian. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Micrbio 3704. GE theme origins and evolution course, High-Impact Practice Interdisciplinary and Integrated Collaborative Teaching. Cross-listed in Micrbio.

This course examines the history and biology of vaccines. We explore the discovery and development of vaccines, along with the political and cultural controversies that have surrounded them for centuries. Team-taught course with faculty member in Pharmacy. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Phr 3708. GE historical study course. GE theme health and well-being course, High-Impact Practice Interdisciplinary and Integrated Collaborative Teaching. Cross-listed in Phr.

The history of science from the eighteenth through to the late twentieth century. Students will study major developments in the physical, geological, biological and chemical sciences, and the relation of the history of science to social, economic, political and cultural developments in European history. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the real world impact of- and response to HIV/AIDS. Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Micrbio 3798.05. GE historical study and education abroad course. Cross-listed in Micrbio.

Advanced research and readings on selected topics in Environmental History, Technology and Science. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.

A graduate readings course that introduces students to the history of medicine and health as a historical field and will explore how work in the history of medicine and health intersects with scholarly insights in other fields. Prereq: Grad standing.