Anthropology of Health and Infectious Diseases

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course examines global infectious diseases from an anthropological perspective. Using a holistic and cross-cultural approach, students will think about how kinship systems, gender, class, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity and global economic and political structures affect how individuals in different populations learn about and give meaning to HIV and infectious disease, the risks they face, and the degree to which they can protect themselves and receive treatment if infected. Cross-listed as HLTH 415. Prerequisite: ANTH 211 or 218 or DEVS 201/202 or permission of the instructor. Three credits.