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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 170 - Plagues and Peoples in Human History

Credit(s): 3
PLAGUES AND PEOPLES
Component: Lecture
Death stalks us all. Using William McNeill’s classic “Plagues and Peoples in History,” this course will examine and effects of major epidemics and diseases in human history (e.g., plague, smallpox, measles, typhuis, AIDS, and the like), including how both professionals and ordinary people sought to explain and deal with these rampaging maladies.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
University Breadth: History and Cultural Change College of Arts and Sciences Breadth: A&S GROUP B: History and Cultural Change
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