HIS 467 HIST/POL OF RACISM/PUBL HEALTH

The relationship between racism and public health and medicine from slavery through the 20th century. Topics include: racism and the construction of epidemics; the Tuskegee experiments; tuberculosis and urban life; gender, sexuality and AIDS; reproductive rights and poverty; the origin of black people's systems of health care and support.

Credits

4

Registration Restrictions

Open to junior and senior history majors without prerequisite, and to others with permission of the instructor.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment in each seminar limited to 16 students.