The History of Disease

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This lecture/seminar course surveys humanity's experiences with disease and analyzes its historical study. The course emphasizes epidemic diseases though non-infectious diseases are also considered. The objective is to examine, through the lens of history, popular and medical constructions of disease, the pattern of disease and its impact in any given society, and the medical, social, and cultural responses to it.