INQ-251 | Plague and Pestilence

Full Title: Plague and Pestilence

Topic Description:

Throughout history, the human population – as with all populations – has had to deal with infectious (and sometimes deadly) diseases. In many instances, these infectious diseases have had a significant impact on the development of modern society. In this course, we will study the biology of the causative agents of several major infectious diseases with the goal of understanding how these agents make us sick (and sometimes kill us) and then consider the impact these diseases have had on past societies and, consequently, on the development of modern society.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: December 2009