Infections and Epidemics: Biocultural Perspectives ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This study examines infections and epidemics from an interdisciplinary perspective, which draws upon community health, medical anthropology, evolutionary medicine, epidemiology, and other approaches. Learning activities will examine biological and cultural factors responsible for changing risk patterns, the epidemiologic transition associated with industrialization, and the rise of antibiotic and viral resistance. Students will have opportunities to explore individual, local and global links between infections and inequalities and to consider the impact of sociocultural, environmental, and political changes on disease patterns, along with other topics of interest to the student, such as specific diseases, epidemics or therapies, old and new. This course meets the Community and Human Service Area of Study Guidelines for Knowledge of Service Delivery. This course is part of the BS in Public Health program.