Science and Technology in Modern Medicine. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 102 with a grade of C or higher, and a course fulfilling the History and Humanities GER 200 level course with a grade of C or higher. Examines how science and technology came to play critical roles in the rise of modern medicine. Readings, lectures, and discussions focus on the specific innovations in ideas, practices, and technologies that helped transform Western medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course also considers how medicine and the biomedical sciences both inform and reflect attitudes about the human body in Western society. This course may be used to satisfy a three credit 300 level GER in History and Humanities.