Plagues and Peoples

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the relationship between humankind and infectious disease. Using cultural, evolutionary, epidemiological, and ecological perspectives, students examine the interplay between human behaviour and infectious disease through a study of specific plagues and epidemics through history. An over-arching objective is to appreciate how humanity’s past experience with plagues can inform our current and future encounters with new (or re-emerging) diseases. Prerequisite(s): None Preclusion(s): ANTH 298-3 when offered as Plagues and Peoples Recommendation(s): ANTH 102-3