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  • HIST 490: Topics in Jewish History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Reading and discussion course on selected topics in Jewish history.
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  • HSOC 001: Emergence of Modern Science

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    May be counted toward the Hum/SocSci or NatSci/Math Sectors. Class of 2010. Adams. Examines the emergence and development of the scientific world view, from the Renaissance to the end of the 20th century. Explores the history of scientific ideas, the social contexts which gave rise to them, and their social and human implications. Sample topics include: Copernican revolution; Galileo, science and the Church; Newton and the mechanical worldview; Enlightenment and Romantic science; Lavoisier, industrialization and the rise of modern chemistry; Darwin; Darwinism and evolution; atomic physics, the bomb and its aftermath; the emergence of modern genetics; the DNA revolution; computers on the information age; and science and the human future.
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  • HSOC 002: Medicine in History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Barnes. This course surveys the history of medical knowledge and practice from ancient times to the present. No prior background in the history of science or medicine is required. The course has two principal goals (1) to give students a practical introduction to the fundamental questions and methods of the history of medicine and (2)to foster a nuanced, critical understanding of medicine's complex role in contemporary society. The course takes a broadly chronological approach, blending the perspectives of tha patient, the physician and society as a whole--recognizing that medicine has always aspired to "treat" healthy people as well as the sick and infirm. Rather than history "from the top down" or "from the bottom up," this course sets its sights on history from the inside out. This means, first, that medical knowledge and practice is understood through the personal experiences of patients and caregivers. It also means that lectures and discussions will take the long-dicredited knowledge and treatments of the past seriously, on their own terms, rather than judging them by today's standards. Required readings consist largely of primary sources, from elite medical texts to patient diaries. Short research assignments will encourage students to adopt the perspectives of a range of actors in various historical eras.
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  • HSOC 003: Technology and Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Society Sector. All classes. Cowan/Ensmenger. "We shape our technolgies; thereafter they shape us." This course surveys the ways in which technology has shaped our societies and our relations with the natural world. We will examine the origins and impact of technical developments throughout human history and across the globe--from stone tools, agriculture and cave painting to ancient cities, metallurgy and aqueducts; from windmills, cathedrals, steam engines and electricity to atom bombs, the internet and genetic engineering. We will pay attention to the aesthetic, religious and mythical dimensions of technological change and consider the circumstances in which innovations emerge and their effects on social order, on the environment and on the ways humans understand themselves
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  • HSOC 010: Health and Societies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Barnes. Also fulfills General Requirement in Science Studies for Class of 2009 and prior. This course is an introduction to the vocabulary, skills, and concepts basic to sociocultural studies of health and disease. While recognizing the importance of the biomedical model, particularly to Western civilization, the course asks students to explore other approaches and healing traditions. It does so by exploring how policy analysts, medical care providers, and scholars from a variety of disciplines including anthropology, history and sociology have crafted responses to such real world problems as malnutrition, epidemic disease, and the inequitable distribution of health resources.
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  • HSOC 018: Medicine in Africa

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Feierman. The story of health, healing and disease on the African continent in its historical context. What is the relationship between the growth of cities and the spread of AIDS, or between globalization and malnutrition Is biomedicine practiced on the African continent the same way it is in the U.S., or are there important differences What are the major African healing traditions, and how do they work What are the forces, in our world today, that lead to malnutrition and disease in Africa, or to health and well-being
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  • HSOC 025: Western Science,Magic and Religion 1600 to the present

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Kuklick. Throughout human history, the relationships of science and religion, as well as of science and magic, have been complex and often surprising. This course will cover topics ranging from the links between magic and science in the seventeenth century to contemporary anti-science movements.
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  • HSOC 039: The Healer's Tale:Negotiating Trust in Modern America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Tighe. Dramatic, deadly, and terrifying in their brutal immediacy, outbreaks of epidemic disease have devastated and transformed human societies since the beginnings of recorded history. From the Black Death to cholera to AIDS, epidemics have wrought profound demographic, social, political and cultural change all over the world. Such is the power of their mystery and horror that while thousands die everyday in the United States from mundane illnesses such as heart disese or lung cancer, panic grips the land at the thought of a handful of deaths from seemingly exotic affictions such as West Nile encephalitis and "weaponized" anthrax. Through a detailed analysis of specific historical outbreaks, this seminar will investigate the causes and effects of epidemic disease, and will examine the ways in which different societies in different eras have responded in times of crisis.
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  • HSOC 048: Epidemics in History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Barnes. Dramatic, deadly, and terrifying in their brutal immediacy, outbreaks of epidemic disease have devastated and transformed human societies since the beginnings of recorded history. From the Black Death to cholera to AIDS, epidemics have wrought profound demographic, social, political and cultural change all over the world. Such is the power of their mystery and horror that while thousands die everyday in the United States from mundane illnesses such as heart disese or lung cancer, panic grips the land at the thought of a handful of deaths from seemingly exotic affictions such as West Nile encephalitis and "weaponized" anthrax. Through a detailed analysis of specific historical outbreaks, this seminar will investigate the causes and effects of epidemic disease, and will examine the ways in which different societies in different eras have responded in times of crisis.
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  • HSOC 050: Mad,Bad and Sad:The Construction,Prevention and Treatment of Mental Illness

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Mandell. This freshmen seminar is designed to introduce students to research and debatessurrounding the concept of mental disorder and to help them to think critically about these disorders' biological and social construction. In addition to learning about the presentation and treatment of mental illness, they weill also be introduced to concepts in epidemiology, psychology, psychiatry and health services research, and learn about the history of the science surrounding psychiatry and how different beliefs at different times have influended policy, systems, services and treatment.
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