Overview
Description
Exploration of the history, science, and politics of vaccines in the context of social issues, deadly epidemics, and rapid advances in vaccinology.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
- BIOL 100A or higher
BIOL 100A
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; BIOL 100A or higher.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO9, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- discuss the historical reasons for the current anti-vaccine movement, as demonstrated through debate, discussion and examinations, and list the potential outcomes on the public’s health.
- demonstrate the ability to advocate for or against the use of vaccines using sound scientific information during class discussion, written assignments, and examinations.
- document the importance of vaccines in improving public health as noted in written assignments and examinations.
- utilize current public health information sources to track vaccine preventable diseases as demonstrated in a group problem solving assignment.
- explore the political and social issues that effected vaccine development through the centuries, documented in the professional paper.
- analyze how and why new vaccines may be developed as demonstrated in class discussions and examinations.