History 372 - Seminar:Disease in History

Institution:

Moravian University

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Description:

After general readings and discussion of disease as a historical force, students will write a research paper dealing with the ways in which diseases have altered the course of history. Using primary sources, they may examine the demographic, social, economic, or cultural consequences of disease in a specifi c time and place. Possibilities include the plagues of the Roman Empire, the Black Death in late medieval Europe and Asia, the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia, and the AIDS epidemic in our own time. Bardsley

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.moravian.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 861-1360

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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