Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE CHANGING PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICIAN

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will review the portrayal of the American physician in fiction and media over the past 100 years. Fictional physicians will be analyzed within the context of their time and place. The changing role of physicians will be contrasted with the realities, past and present, facing the medical profession.