Overview
Description
The course explores the history of HIV/AIDS, particularly in the United States. It addresses developments in medical research, treatment, and care; activism and artistic expression; and the social course of the epidemic.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify major developments, events, and dynamics in the history of HIV/AIDS in the United States, including in the areas of medicine, activism, the arts, and the social course of the epidemic.
- analyze how the history of HIV/AIDS in the United States has been shaped by broader political dynamics, attitudes toward and regulation of sexuality, and social determinants of health.
- apply an understanding of the history of HIV/AIDS to analyzing relevant primary sources.
- analyze and synthesize primary and secondary sources both orally and in writing.
- complete an independent research project in the history of HIV/AIDS and synthesize independent research with assigned course materials.
- analyze scholarly developments in the fields of HIV/AIDS history and synthesize this analysis in writing.