HIST 490B - Social History of Medicine in the Modern Era

(3 units) CO9, CO13

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.

Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. explain how medical and scientific ideas and practices interact with social and cultural forces and concepts by describing specific instances.
2. describe the connections between etiological concepts in medicine with dominant social and cultural concerns of a particular era and/or culture.
3. 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. demonstrate mastery of coherent writing in the English language.
5. 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. demonstrate that they know how to appropriately document and cite sources.
7. 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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