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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600
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· New Haven, USA
About this course
This Yale College course offers an international historical analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on Western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and recent experiences of SARS and swine flu. It examines infectious disease and its social impact, the development of public health measures, medical ethics, plague literature, social reactions such as hysteria and violence, the rise of the germ theory of disease, the emergence of tropical medicine, comparative social and cultural effects of major infectious diseases, and the challenges of emerging and re-emerging diseases.
Prerequisite Skills
Skills you should have before taking this course
critical reading
basic biology
Basic world history
Skills Gained
Skills you will develop by completing this course
Epidemiology
Social history
history of medicine
public health
medical ethics
history of infectious diseases
history of pandemics
tropical medicine