ANTH 5580 - Peoples, Plagues and Pestilence: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease

This course focuses on utilizing anthropological concepts such as the bio-cultural perspective to understand infectious disease, how cultures have responded to such challenges, and what the future might hold.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Examination of infectious disease episodes using anthropological concepts (holism, context, comparison, bio-cultural feedback loop).
Familiarity with how humans evolved.
Familiarity with the implications of human evolution.
Familiarity with what it means to be human on biological and cultural levels.
Identification of how human biology and culture have interacted in specific infectious disease illness episodes.
Understanding of cultural concepts that humans use to describe and manage infectious illness episodes such as labeling, placing blame and risk.