THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN AMERICA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major historical trends in the history of public health in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand the tensions between individual rights and population health as they have played out in the past. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the social, political, and cultural factors that have influenced societal responses to epidemics and pandemics in American history. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop critical thinking skills by engaging with both primary sources and secondary texts to understand how historians have written the history of public health. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Evaluate the ways in which understanding the past history of public health can shape policy making in the present. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major historical trends in the history of public health in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand the tensions between individual rights and population health as they have played out in the past. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the social, political, and cultural factors that have influenced societal responses to epidemics and pandemics in American history. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop critical thinking skills by engaging with both primary sources and secondary texts to understand how historians have written the history of public health. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Evaluate the ways in which understanding the past history of public health can shape policy making in the present. Audience: Undergraduate