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Nov 25, 2024
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HIST 490B - Social History of Medicine in the Modern Era (3 units)
Topical examination of developments in the practice and ideology of medicine in Europe and the United States from the late 18th century to the present. (General Capstone course.)
Prerequisite(s): CH 201 or CH 202 or CH 203 ; ENG 102 ; junior or senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
General Capstone Course, Diversity Course
Student Learning Outcomes (if available):
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to explain how medical and scientific ideas and practices interact with social and cultural forces and concepts by describing specific instances.
2. Students will be able to describe the connections between etiological concepts in medicine with dominant social and cultural concerns of a particular era and/or culture.
3. Students will be able to compose a research project that illustrates the socio-cultural dynamics that influence a society’s response to epidemic disease, showing how new practices and technologies have shaped that response, using historical examples to elucidate a contemporary problem.
4. Students will be able to demonstrate mastery of coherent writing in the English Language.
5. Students will be able to show that they have mastered methods of appropriately locating and evaluating sources for a research project, mastered the ability to frame questions for that project and to make an argument.
6. Students will be able to demonstrate that they know how to appropriately document and cite sources.
7. Students will be able to integrate the acquired core skills of communication (written and oral), synthesis, critique and analytical questioning, in their own analysis of scholarly works.
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