— Medicine, Society, & Culture in Modern Europe

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: History of European medicine, 18th to 20th centuries, by examining the development of medical knowledge in epidemiology and anatomy; function of this knowledge, how it changed with technological breakthroughs and professionalization; role of medicine in attitudes toward poverty, women, race, disease. Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s), Term Paper. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH) or Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE). Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s), Discussion 1 hour(s), Term Paper. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH) or Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).