PUBHLT 0460 - HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course will familiarize students in the BSPH program with the impacts of infectious diseases from pre-germ theory eras into the present day. The course will teach students how past and current diseases have created lasting changes to societies, discourse and perceptions of “health,” and public health practices and interventions around the world. The course includes diverse examples from multiple cultures and time periods while also emphasizing social factors and health structures that are most likely to directly students’ public health research and practice today. The course will touch on historical and contemporary disease models and infectious diseases ranging from tropical diseases and sexually transmitted infections to global epidemics like HIV and COVID-19. Throughout the semester, students will engage in these topics through class readings and discussion, lectures, four exams, and a final team presentation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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