ANTH 444 - Medical Anthropology

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: ANTH 110, ANTH 211, SOC 151 or SOC 161 or permission
Focuses on the study of human confrontation with disease and illness and on the adaptive arrangements made by various human groups for dealing with theses dangers. Health and disease are viewed from a broad array of micro and macro perspectives, e.g., evolutionary, ecological, and psychosocial. For nursing and social work students as well as social and biological science students.