STS 1451 Body, Mind, and Health: Historical Perspectives for Future Professionals
Course description
This course is only offered in the Summer Session.
A course in the social history of medicine that examines the ways in which medicine and its practitioners have impacted-and been impacted by-American social, political, cultural, and economic development. The course focuses on the changing nature of disease, the medical profession past and present as well as historical and contemporary issues in pubic health. Films on different diseases and medical issues are shown twice weekly in the afternoons and there are daily morning discussion sections with teaching assistants to talk about reading and writing assignments. Students are evaluated on written assignments, participation in lectures and discussion sections, and performance on an in-class final.
Summer 2023: Online course
| Section ID: | STS 1451 001-LEC |
| Number: | 1292 |
| Session: | Summer 3-week 3 |
| Class dates: | July 10-28, 2023 |
| Final exam/project due: | Friday July 28, 11:59 PM (see Final exams) |
| Time / room: | |
| Mode of instruction: | Online (async) |
| Credit: | 3 |
| Grade: | Graded |
| Instructor: | Lieberman, J. (jll338) |
| Max. enroll: | 60 |
| To enroll: |
See Online Learning FAQs. This course is open to all registrants, including undergraduates and precollege students. |
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