Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: GERMS, CITIES, AND DOCTORS IN LATIN AMERICA

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Course examines the history of disease, medicine and public health in Latin American cities from the pre-Columbian period to the present. It will combine lectures and discussions that will go from the study of epidemics byproduct of the Columbian exchange to public health initiatives that came with modernizing cities.