2021-2022 Undergraduate General Catalog


BIOL 205 Life Cycles: Birth, Death and the History of Medicine (SI)

This course will offer greater understanding of the history of medicine and how the hospital has become a central institution to life. Beginning with a historic and scientific discussion of child-birth, the course will then focus on cancer as an example of one of the diseases to which the human body is susceptible and conclude with a discussion of death as part of life. Central to each of these themes will be the ethical questions and complexities that cannot be separated from the practical aspects of caring for life. Through case studies, lab work, and invited guests the class will offer students an understanding of the increasingly complex nature of the science of care.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

HIST 205

Prerequisite

Natural Science Core course.

Core Requirements

Intersections: Scientific Intersections and Impacts