HISTORY 376
Epidemics: Plagues and Cultures from the Black Death to the Present
From the Black Death of 1348 to emergent infections today, dramatic disease outbreaks both affected and reflected history. This course explores how medicine and culture intersected to influence the causes of and responses to epidemics; and it uses specific epidemics to illuminate global history from medieval societies to the present.
Prerequisites & course information
(4; 3 in the half-term). (SS). May not be repeated for credit.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
Catalogue variants
- Epidemics: Plagues and Cultures from the Black Death to the Present · Undergraduate credit