The Art of Medicine

GLOBAL STUDIES 1300

This interdisciplinary, cross-school course at the intersection of history, visual culture and the visual arts includes a roster of notable speakers and offers students a singular encounter with western medicine from ancient times to the present day. In tandem with the history of medicine, the course examines the capacity of the arts to frame medical practice and to raise questions and influence perceptions, both positively and negatively, of medical advancements. This course is for first-year (non-transfer) students only.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; AS HUM; FA HUM; AR HUM; CFH MH; AS BB; BB