ANTH 3980 is also offered in Fall 2024
ANTH 3980 is also offered in Spring 2024
ANTH 3980 is also offered in Spring 2023
ANTH 3980 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2021 | ANTH 3980 Section 001: Topics in Anthropology -- History of Human Health & Disease (66290)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 6 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Meets With:
ANTH 5980 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
12:00AM - 12:00AM
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 50 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting times. Description: This course examines the global human experience with health and disease through a historical perspective, from the early days of our species to the present. We will survey major infectious and noncommunicable diseases that have affected human societies, including tuberculosis, plague, influenza, HIV/AIDS, and cancer. Students will learn how humans have responded and adapted to many of these conditions, and how disease organisms have evolved in tandem. Course content examines large-scale disease and health patterns over time with a special focus on global pandemics and major epidemiological transitions. Students will become familiar with the methods and approaches used to study disease in the past and how these inferences influence understanding of present-day health. The course will end with a discussion of emerging health challenges such as the rise of antibiotic resistance, novel zoonotic diseases and the prevalence of health disparities.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66290/1213
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