Overview
Description
Topical study of medical theory and practice, education, concepts of disease, anatomical and biological discoveries, lay and learned therapies from the ancient world to 1800.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Core
CO9, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- examine the history of medicine to social, commercial, religious, and economic problems and contexts.
- analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
- distinguish the emergence of sound scientific thinking and argumentation about the functions of the body and the biomedical identification of disease.
- examine ideas pertaining to medical and anatomical discovery and technological innovation from ancient times through the Renaissance as they relate to the societal concerns of the period in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing.
- use relevant scholarship and historical evidence to analyze and synthesize the relationship between medicine, science, technology, art, religion, society, ethics, and commerce from the time of composition of Hippocratic Writings through the period of anatomical and experimental discovery in the 17th century.
- explain how scientific and technological discoveries and innovations affected medical practice and the emergence of social institutions, professional roles, and education in medicine.
- examine how scientific and technological knowledge was consumed within various communities.