HIST 263

Spring 2025 All Classes

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History of Medicine in the United States

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Credit: 3 hours.

Medicine and public health in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Topics include medical theories, therapeutic practices, and institutions as determined by science, culture, politics, law, and social structures. Additional attention will be paid to illness and epidemics; health care providers, patients, and public policy. Throughout, the course will highlight race, sex, (dis)ability, and other social categories that have affected medical care and been defined in medical terms.

Same as GWS 263.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 263 class schedule data for spring 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
74147	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	219 David Kinley Hall	Reagan, L Rodriguez, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74149	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	106 David Kinley Hall	Reagan, L Runnels, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74151	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	3:30PM -4:20PM	R	219 David Kinley Hall	Reagan, L Rodriguez, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74153	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	222 David Kinley Hall	Reagan, L Runnels, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74550	Discussion/ Recitation	AD5	9:00AM -9:50AM	F	315 Gregory Hall	Reagan, L Runnels, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74551	Discussion/ Recitation	AD6	10:00AM -10:50AM	F	242 Armory	Reagan, L Rodriguez, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74145	Lecture	AL1	2:00PM -2:50PM	TR	1024 Chemistry Annex	Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Info: Description: Medicine and public health in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Topics include medical theories, therapeutic practices, and institutions (medical schools, hospitals, asylums, clinics) and how they have been determined by science, culture, politics, law, and social structures. In addition, we will examine specific diseases and epidemics (including polio, cancer, AIDS); health care providers, patients, and public policy. Throughout, the course highlights race, sex, (dis)ability, and other social categories that have affected medical care (or its lack) and that have been defined in medical terms. The course includes analysis and discussion of original documents, memoirs, art, and film.