STS 1451

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STS 1451

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

A course in the social history of medicine that examines the ways in which medicine and its practitioners have impacted-and been impacted by-American social, political, cultural, and economic development. The course focuses on the changing nature of disease, the medical profession past and present as well as historical and contemporary issues in public health.


Permission Note Open to: high school students.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Summer.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Three Week - Three. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1161 STS 1451   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.