Throughout history diseases have taken the lives of millions, yet
the impacts of such devastation are often overlooked. Instead of
only addressing either the historical or scientific aspects of
diseases, this class will combine both a scientific, historical and
policy oriented approach in order to provide a full picture on the
impact of transnational diseases.The class will be divided into four
overarching themes: 1) Introduction, 2) Living with Epidemics, 3)
Impact and Salience of Pandemics, and 4) Tackling Epidemics and
Transnational Diseases. Each of these clusters will first address
historical examples, such as the plague, to provide a foundation to
discuss the most prominent current epidemic: HIV/ AIDS. In addition
to the use of historical and social scientific materials, we will
have movie screening sessions. Besides looking at different
historical epochs, this class is designed to familiarize the student
with different societies and areas in the world. Since this is a 200
level class, the students need to have no prior knowledge on the
subject. This class is only lecture supported to the degree of
providing additional information not covered in the reading
materials. Hence, every student is asked to contribute to the class
endeavor by actively participating in class discussions.

Above class meets with GllC-G220 (28637) under which you will also
find the book orders through the IU bookstore.