2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
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HIS 342 History of Medicine and Health


3 credits

This course provides an overview of developments in Western medical science and health care from antiquity to the present. Themes covered include: the evolution and transmission of medical knowledge, the impact of epidemic disease, the patient experience, and role of the practitioner in society. Students in History of Medicine and Health will explore the links between medicine and health and their cultural, social, political, and intellectual contexts.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of one of the following: HIS 101, HIS 102, HIS 103, HIS 104, HIS 180, or HNR 200



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