HIS 2740 - PLAGUES AND PEOPLES:DISEASE IN WORLD HISTORY

credits: 3.0
This course examines the impact of epidemic disease on human societies across the globe, from Ancient Rome to the present. Will consider the social, political, and cultural impacts of epidemics; how individuals, communities, and societies responded to the experience of epidemics; the relationship between disease, colonialism, imperialism, and migration; developments in science, medicine, and public health. Epidemics to be studied may include: plague, smallpox, cholera, influenza, polio, AIDS, and Covid19. Objectives: A) Identify, describe, and explain the social, political, and cultural impacts of epidemic disease; B) Identify, describe, and explain the ways in which individuals, communities, and societies responded to the experience of epidemics; C) Identify, describe, and explain the relationship between disease, colonialism, imperialism, and migration; D) Analyze, compare, and contrast primary sources relating to the history of epidemic disease. Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. Method of Evaluation: In class exams, presentations, and papers. Meets *GLP Distribution Requirement.