Plagues: The Black Death and Other Pandemics
This course examines some of the worst pandemics ever to strike humanity, starting with the outbreaks of smallpox and bubonic in the final centuries of the Roman Empire, the devastating Black Death of the 14th century, and the diseases that destroyed the native Americans in the wake of Columbus's voyages.
Outcomes: Students will gain an understanding of: the role of poverty, nutrition, and population in epidemics; state, church, or community responses to epidemics; how science has changed the history of disease.
Outcomes: Students will gain an understanding of: the role of poverty, nutrition, and population in epidemics; state, church, or community responses to epidemics; how science has changed the history of disease.