HIST 0791 - HEALTH CONTROVERSIES IN HISTORY: ETHICS, PUBLICS, INTERVENTIONS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Controversies related to human health have dominated the news in recent years, whether the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Zika virus in Latin America, or measles outbreaks in California, but a sense of context and causation is often lacking in the public discourse. This introductory course explores the historical roots of selected, current controversies in public health and medicine through the examination of specific case studies from a diverse geographical and chronological range. We will identify and explore the broad historical antecedents of current issues and offers points of comparison from times and places distant from our own.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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