HIS 228 - Disease in US History

Semester Hours: 4

An introductory level history course which seeks to provide, for students of all majors, the opportunity to study the nature, course and impact of disease on and in the history of the United States. Attention also will be given to the shifting definitions and perceptions of disease. The majority of the semester will address the history of disease chronologically from colonial settlement through the present. The final weeks of the class will be devoted to the study of particular disease histories as detailed case studies of previously identified patterns. Meets Humanity and Culture Intellectual Perspective requirement (HC).

Intellectual Perspective: HC