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Course Listing: MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASEFall Term 2004-05, Bloomington |
Select another MSCI course | Select another department MSCI-M 570 MECHANISMS OF HUMAN DISEASE (3 CR) 25464 PERM 02:30P-03:45P TR JH 001 Braun M 30 24 0 TOPIC : THIS COURSE WILL EXAMINE THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, MECHANISMS OF INJURY AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTRODUCED BY EUROPEANS AND AFRICANS INTO NEW WORLD NATIVE POPULATIONS. WE WILL CONSIDER THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF NEW WORLD NATIVE AMERICANS AT THE TIME OF EUROPEAN CONTACT AND INVESTIGATE THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS MEASLES, SMALLPOX, INFLUENZA, TUBERCULOSIS AND SYPHILIS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE SELECTED NEW WORLD EPIDEMICS USING HISTORIC DOCUMENTS, ARCHEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOURCES. ABOVE SECTION OPEN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY. OBTAIN ON-LINE AUTH FROM DEPARTMENT.
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